GermanySixteen-year-old Russian tennis player Kristina Ljutowa won her first WTA title at her debut tournament in Memphis, Tennessee. She defeated Czech player Darja Vidmanova in the final with scores of 1:6, 6:1, 6:3. This makes her the youngest female player since Coco Gauff in 2019 to win a WTA event. Ljutowa advanced through the tournament after a first-round bye due to the withdrawal of top seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, who suffered from heat exhaustion. She then beat Australian Mayar joint and American Caty McNally before defeating Elwina Kalijewa in the semifinals. The victory earned her $37,390 in prize money and improved her world ranking from 229 to 125.
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