Benci
On April 10, local time, the WTA500 Charleston station decided the champion, in a three-set battle that took 2 hours and 35 minutes, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Bencic defeated the No. 4 seed Abdul Abdel Abdul-Jabbar 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to win the title of mud race, and she also became the first Swiss female player to win the championship in Charleston after Singis in 1999.
It is worth mentioning that Bencic was only two points away from losing in the first round against Chinese teenager Wang Xiyu.
"I'm proud to have won my first title on the clay court." Bencic said after the game, "I've been fighting all my strength this week, I'm out of the round two points short, which may be why I won the championship in the end." After winning the final and winning the game, I was so relieved that my opponent had pushed me to a desperate situation today. At some point in the game I didn't even know what to do, she was very good in the second set, so all I could do was try my best to win every point. ”
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the WTA In Charleston, to which Bencic said: "This title has a deep meaning, it is the fiftieth anniversary of the tournament, I saw the players who have won here before yesterday and I am very happy that my name can be put together with them. ”
In the women's doubles final, No. 4 seeds Clay Patch/Reinett defeated the Hradka/Mirza combination 6-2, 4-6/[10-7] to win the title.
T-Maria
The WTA250 Bogotá leg was successfully concluded, with 34-year-old German veteran T-Maria taking 2 hours and 30 minutes to beat Pigoń 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 to win her first title in nearly four years.
T-Maria made her second postpartum comeback in August last year, and with this title, the German became the first MUM player of the century to win the WTA class and have two children. She gave birth to her first daughter, Charlotte, in 2013 and a second daughter, Cecilia, last April. Her world-high ranking reached 46th in 2017, with her last winner being the 2018 Scheertohenbos Meadows Champion.
Sharma/Skiadi defeated Bektás/Moore 4-6, 6-4/[11-9] to win the Women's Doubles title in Bogotá.
(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)