Turkish star Zeynep Sönmez surged to victory in opposition to American Ann Li, successful 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday to assert the primary WTA title of her profession in Merida, Mexico.
At simply 22 years previous, Sönmez made historical past as the primary Turkish participant to raise a WTA trophy since Çağla Büyükakçay’s triumph in Istanbul in 2016.
Ranked 127th on this planet, Sönmez dominated the match, needing solely 70 minutes to defeat Li, a former top-50 participant now ranked 111th.
Sönmez gained her third break of the opening set for a 5-2 lead and pocketed the set after 42 minutes.
She broke Li 3 times within the second set, successful the final six video games to shine off the dominant victory.
“It was one of my biggest dreams. I’ve been working for this day for 15 years,” mentioned Sönmez, who additionally thanked “the people who saw me in Turkey at four in the morning.”
Both gamers pulled double obligation on Sunday after rain delays on Saturday.
Li accomplished a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Polina Kudermetova of their rain-delayed semifinal, whereas Sönmez rallied from 4-2 down within the first set to beat 17-year-old Alina Korneeva 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in her semifinal.
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