Anastasia Potapova won the title at the WTA 250 Upper Austria Ladies Linz

The Russian tennis star Anastasia Potapova prevailed over the Croatian Petra Martic and won the tournament WTA 250 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, which has a prize fund of 259,000 USD.

The 8th-seeded Anastasia Potapova prevailed by 2-0 (6:3, 6:1) in the match that lasted 78 minutes. For the 21-year-old Russian, who is the world’s No 44, this is the second WTA title. Her best performance in the Grand Slam is the third round of the Australian Open in 2021.

The interesting thing is that for Anastasia Potapova the rival from Croatia is a happy rival. In her previous triumph in Istanbul, she defeated her in the second round.

The winner had a great second serve run today, hitting 73% or 19 out of 26 opportunities. Five of the 10 break opportunities were converted, conceding just one re-break.

In the first set, the two exchanged a total of three breaks, but the decisive one was the one for 5:3, which Potapova recorded at 15. In the second set, Petra Martic took her first serve and then none until the end, and the six games in a row secured the title for the Russian.