{"id":67277,"date":"2024-03-04T13:31:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T13:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/boulter-beats-kostyuk-in-wta-san-diego-final-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T13:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T13:31:03","slug":"boulter-beats-kostyuk-in-wta-san-diego-final-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/boulter-beats-kostyuk-in-wta-san-diego-final-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulter beats Kostyuk in WTA San Diego final | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLOS ANGELES:
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Britain’s Katie Boulter<\/a> won the biggest title of her career on Sunday, beating Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 to claim the WTA San Diego Open title.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old, whose only previous WTA crown came at Nottingham last June, moves into the world rankings top 30 for the first time in her career.<\/p>\n

Boulter had upset third seed Emma Navarro of the United States in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Kostyuk, ranked 34th, had beaten top-seeded Jessica Pegula to reach the final but struggled after winning the first set against the big-hitting Briton.<\/p>\n

After rain forced a delay in the final, Boulter handed the hard-fought first set to the Ukrainian on her seventh set point after she double faulted.<\/p>\n

But having forced her way back from 5-2 down to 5-5 in that set, the momentum was with Boulter and she took that into the second set.<\/p>\n

A fine forehand winner down the line put her 3-1 ahead and she broke again to lead 5-2 on the way to forcing a third set.<\/p>\n

As Kostyuk tired, Boulter grew in confidence, breaking her opponent twice before firing two emphatic aces in the final game.<\/p>\n

Boulter converted seven of her 11 break points and saved seven of the 11 that she faced in a win that will move her to 27th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

“I really didn’t think I would be standing here with a trophy right now, I really didn’t,” said Boulter, who was cheered on by her Australian boyfriend Alex de Minaur, who had flown in after winning the ATP title in Acapulco on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES: Britain’s Katie Boulter won the biggest title of her career on Sunday, beating Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 to claim the WTA San Diego Open title. The 27-year-old, whose only previous WTA crown came at Nottingham last June, moves into the world rankings top 30 for the first time in her career. 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