OSAKA, Japan — American Ashlyn Krueger capped an ideal week to win her maiden tour title by beautiful top-seeded Zhu Lin of China 6-3, 7-6 (6) within the ultimate of the Japan Open.
Krueger hadn’t dropped a set on the event main into Sunday’s ultimate and the 19-year-old Texan confirmed few nerves as she broke No.35-ranked Zhu’s first service sport of the match after which maintained composure via a decent second set and tiebreaker to assert her breakthrough title in a single hour and 36 minutes.
Before this week, the 123rd-ranked Krueger‘s best tour result was the quarterfinals on the grass of ’s-Hertogenbosch. She got here into the week with no main-draw win on onerous courts this yr.
Her victory in Osaka will transfer the American inside the highest 100 for the primary time.
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