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Petra Kvitova defeated Elena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2 at Lossey International in Eastbourne, England, winning her first title on Saturdays over a year.
The 14th seed from the Czech Republic improved to 5-1 in the Grass Court finals, including the 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon wins. This is Kvitova's 29th career title and the first since Doha in March 2021.
Kvitova finished with 18 winners with only 12 forced errors against Ostapenko, the eighth seed from Latvia. Kvitova hit seven aces and saved all five breakpoints. This is the third consecutive match without losing her serve.
Bad Homburg Open
France's Caroline Garcia wins 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, her Won the 8th career title. Bianca Andrew of Canada in Bad Homburg, Germany.
Andreesque led 4-2 in the second set before Garcia shook the game with a series of service breaks. Garcia converted 5 out of 11 breakpoints in the match, while saving 4 out of 7 breakpoints she faced.
The first meeting between two unseeded players lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. Garcia scored 74% of the points on her first serve (39 out of 53) and took advantage of six double faults by the 2019 US Open Champion.
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