Latvian Anastasija Sevastova wins maiden WTA title at Estoril Open

Anastasija Sevastova

The Estoril Open final featured two first-time WTA finalists who played each other for the first time on the WTA level and Latvian Anastasija Sevastova defeated eight years older Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-2 7-5 in an hour and ten minutes.

The 74th-ranked Sevastova, unseeded at the Estoril Open just like her opponent in the final, started the claycourt tournament with an upset of top seed Agnes Szavay, while in the semis she defeated seventh-seeded Chinese Peng Shuai. The 81st-ranked Parra Santonja ousted second-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea to reach the final.

Sevastova’s victory brought her $34,000, while Parra Santonja earned $17,500. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

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7 Comments so far

  1. LuLinQa on May 8th, 2010

    I can´t identify her racket heh

  2. Ugis on May 9th, 2010

    Congratulations to Anastasija !

  3. Marija on May 9th, 2010

    LuLinQa, the WTA website is not saying what kind of racquet she's using, and I couldn't even find it on Google. Does somebody here have the answer?

  4. LuLinQa on May 9th, 2010

    Thanks for searching Marija :)

  5. Marija on May 9th, 2010

    LuLinQa, haha even though it was in vain. :P

  6. Jack on June 24th, 2010

    I think the racket make is an Kneissl or something like that.

  7. Marija on June 25th, 2010

    Jack, thanks so much. You're right!

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