Ashlyn Krueger triumphed with her first WTA title at the Japan Women’s Open in Osaka

The 19-year-old American tennis player Ashlyn Krueger won the title of the WTA 250 Japan Women’s Open tournament on hard courts in Osaka (Japan) with a prize pool of 259,303 USD. In the final, Ashlyn Krueger defeated the top-seeded Zhu Lin (China) by 2-0 (6:3, 7:6) in 1:36 hours and won the first trophy of her career.

Ashlyn Krueger scored seven aces and only 3 double faults, but also was better on the first serve, which gave her the needed advantage for winning the match.

Ashlyn Krueger made one break on his way to success in the first set, and in the tiebreak of the second part she saved a set point, trailing 5:6, but closed the match with a series of three points in a row.

Before this tournament, the American had only reached the quarter-finals of a WTA tournament, and this year she had not even had success in the main circuit of a hard-court competition.