The 21-year-old Elisabetta Cocciaretto pulled off a huge upset win in the finals of the Abierto Tampico to win her first WTA 125K title.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto has been a revelation at the Abierto Tampico. She managed to defeat the No. 5 seed Magda Linette in a tight three-set affair on Saturday night to clinch the title. The match ended 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-1 in favor of the youngster.
The riveting encounter went on for two and a half hours as both women gave it their all on the hard court. Linette became the fourth seeded player who lost to Cocciaretto this week. The Italian player defeated the No. 2 seed Marie Bouzkova in the second round and the No. 7 seed Camila Osorio in the quarterfinals. In the semis, Cocciaretto got the better of the No. 6 seed Lin Zhu.
“It was a very tough week, I did a lot of tough matches with great opponents,” a jubilant Cocciaretto said, after her win. “When the [last] ball went into the net, I said, ‘Oh my god, I won.’ And it was unexpected because this was an amazing tournament with an incredible level.
“I was saying with my coach, ‘OK, we will have more experience trying to do my best, to play with these opponents.’ But not for sure the win, because it was a very, very tough 125 tournament.”
Cocciaretto will climb up to a career-high No. 63 in the WTA rankings after it gets updated on Monday. She entered the tournament as No. 79.
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