(Tokyo) The Russian Liudmila Samsonova, already winner of two WTA tournaments this summer in North America, won her third title of the season on Sunday in Tokyo, dominating the young Chinese Zheng Qinwen in two sets (7-5, 7- 5).
For the 30e 23-year-old world player, it is also the most prestigious trophy since her surprise victory at the Berlin tournament last season.
This time, in a competition of the same category (WTA 500), it is the logic that the Russian enforced by dominating Zheng, 36e world and who participated in the first final of his young career.
Winner this summer of the WTA 250 tournaments in Washington and Cleveland, Samsonova had a perfect week in Tokyo by not losing any sets, with flawless victories against the Kazakh Elena Rybakina or the Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, seeded N.3 .
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In the semi-finals, she quietly dismissed another Chinese, Shuai Zhang, while Zheng Qinwen had to fight for more than three hours against Russian Veronika Kudermetova.
Sunday’s game got off to a tight start, with no player losing serve until 5-5. The break made by Samsonova then proved decisive.
The two players were less sovereign on their face-offs at 2e set, but the Russian managed to finish with composure on her serve at 6-5, after 2:06 of the match.
Thanks to this victory, Samsonova will climb Monday from the 30e at the 23e world place, the best ranking of his career, which began in 2014.
When explaining her good current series, she indicated that she had managed to take advantage of the exclusion of the Russians at the Wimbledon tournament in early July.
First in shock when she learned of this decision, she said to herself: “OK, I have a month without a tournament, so get to work”. “I benefited from it because I worked so hard. I had 32 days of pure training, which is abnormal at this time of the season,” she said.
In her final on Sunday, the Russian particularly appreciated the fact of having managed to manage the pressure. “It’s amazing what I achieved today. The whole week has been awesome,” she said.
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