Estonian Anett Kontaveit beat Irina-Camelia Begu to claim the “Tennis in the Land” title, an event-based in Cleveland, Ohio. The second-seeded player overcame Irina after a tense first set with the scoreline reading 7-6, 6-4 in her favour.
In other tennis news, Ilya Ivashka claimed the Winston-Salem Open title after beating Mikael Ymer 6-0, 6-2 to round off a dominant performance throughout the competition. Meanwhile, number one seeded Elina Svitolina emerged victorious in the WTA Chicago Women’s Open after beating Alize Cornet 7-5, 6-4..