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Wta Roundup: Qualifier Sara Bejlek Wins Abu Dhabi Title
Sara Bejlek won seven consecutive matches and will enter the WTA top 50 after defeating world No. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Abu Dhabi Open final.
- Sara Bejlek, a 20-year-old Czech qualifier, claimed her first WTA title at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open by defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 , 6-1.
- After battling through qualifying, Sara Bejlek recorded a seventh consecutive victory on the Emirati hard courts and defeated former Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko and Denmark's 16th-ranked Clara Tauson.
- At 4-3 in the first set, Alexandrova called a medical time-out, saved two set points at 6-5, but lost the tie-break 7-5 after over an hour, then Bejlek won the second set 6-1 in less than 30 minutes as Alexandrova visibly struggled.
- Bejlek's win moves her into the top 50 for the first time, while Alexandrova will return to the top 10 in the next WTA rankings.
- At the WTA 500 event, Sara Bejlek's victory as a qualifier marks an early-career milestone on the Emirati hard courts.
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Czech Sara Bejlek is the winner of the WTA 500 tournament in Abu Dhabi with a prize fund of just over one million euros. The 20-year-old Czech defeated the favorite and 11-year-old senior Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final for her first title.
Czech, 20, wins maiden WTA 500-level title in UAE
·Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Sara Bejlek was sharpest in the final phase and surprised with a hard-fought victory over Clara Tauson in three sets.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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