Carla Suarez logró el mayor titulo de su carrera al ganar el Abierto de Tenis de Qatar al superar a su joven rival de solo 18 años Jelena Ostapenko quien no fue facil…
Ostapenko quien habia vencido a la española en el unico encuentro previo entre ellas el año pasado en Wimbledon, de hecho gano el primer set 6-1….pero los partidos se deben cerrar…
Y prevalecio la experiencia, jugando la decima final de su carrera, Suarez Navarro demostro porque caino a esta final supero a Agnieszka Radwanska en semifinales y a las adolecentes Belinda Bencic y Daria Kasatkina….y esa experiencia se evidencio con la recuperacion en los dos seguidos que gano 6-4 y 6-4…
Para Carla Suarez Navarro, Doha es el segundo titulo WTA en su carrera que ademas le permitira llegar al lugar mas alto de la clasificacion mundial, sexto lugar y preclasificada 2, detras de Angelique Kerber, para el abierto de Singapore…
DOHA, Qatar – Carla Suárez Navarro captured the biggest title of her career at the Qatar Total Open, charging back from a set down against 18-year-old Jelena Ostapenko to triumph, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Ostapenko had beaten the Spaniard in their only prior encounter at last year’s Wimbledon Championships, and started in similar form with a nearly flawless first set in her second WTA final, cracking eight forehand winners en route to winning the opening set.
Playing in her 10th career final, Suárez Navarro drew on her wealth of experience and confidence earned from big wins like the one against No.3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the semifinal, and stayed with the young Latvian as the teenager – already set to join fellow 18-year-olds Belinda Bencic and Daria Kasatkina in the Top 50 – began to leak errors off the backhand (30 from that side alone). In the end, Ostapenko hit 35 winners to only 9 from the No.8 seed, but 47 total unforced errors made the difference from the Spaniard, who only hit 25.
For Suárez Navarro, Doha is her second WTA title, one that brings her up to a career-high ranking of No.6, and No.2 on the Road To Singapore standings behind reigning Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber.