ST PETERSBURG — France’s Kristina Mladenovic won her maiden WTA singles title overcoming Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in the final of the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy here Sunday.
Mladenovic, ranked 51st in the world, won a tough three-setter 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 in two hours 36 minutes to earn a 3-2 lead in their head-to-head record with 22-year-old Putintseva.
”It was a very difficult week with plenty of close matches,” Mladenovic said.
”Today it was also tough as Yulia (Putintseva) is such a big fighter.
”I couldn’t relax and couldn’t find my rhythm. All the match it was up and down and I tried …read more
Source: Saudi Gazette
