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Madison Keys joined an unique membership on Saturday by defeating Germany’s Tatjana Maria 7-5, 6-4 to say her third Eastbourne Open championship within the United Kingdom.
The second-seeded American, who received the grass-court title right here in 2014 and 2023, joined legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova as the one gamers to win the Wimbledon tune-up occasion three or extra instances.
Keys claimed her eleventh profession WTA Tour title by ending off Maria in a single hour and 33 minutes. Although she landed solely 58% of her first serves, Keys received 88% of these factors (29 of 33) and confronted just one break level.
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No. 4 seed Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic captured her first grass-court title when No. 6 Naomi Osaka of Japan retired within the second set in Germany as a result of a foot harm.
Muchova was main 6-1, 1-0 when the match ended after 46 minutes. She transformed three of 4 break factors towards the four-time Grand Slam winner and claimed her third WTA Tour title.
‘I simply wish to say thanks to everybody who got here to observe the match,’ mentioned Osaka, who was looking for her first title since successful the 2021 Australian Open. ‘I apologize for not having the ability to end, however this ambiance was unbelievable all through the week.’
–Field Level Media