Former World No. 1 recovers from a set down to beat Jabeur and claim title
Garbine Muguruza with the winner’s trophy. Pic/Instagram
Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza captured the WTA Chicago Fall Classic on Sunday, rallying to defeat Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the final.
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Spanish second seed Muguruza, who turns 28 on Friday, took her ninth career WTA title and second tour crown of the year after Dubai in March. Muguruza, whose biggest titles came at the 2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon, claimed only her second US title after a 2017 trophy in Cincinnati.
Jabeur off to a good start
Sixth-seed Jabeur, ranked a career-high 16th, broke ninth-ranked Muguruza in the fourth game and held serve from there to take the first set. In the second, Jabeur broke Muguruza to seize command, but the Tunisian sent a backhand wide to surrender a break that lifted the Spaniard level at 3-3. Muguruza broke again in the eighth game and served for the set up 5-3. Jabeur denied four set points and forced two break chances before the Spaniard forced a third set on a service winner.
Ons Jabeur
Muguruza zipped through the final set to claim the crown in the event, added as a tune-up for next week’s Indian Wells tournament, postponed from March due to Covid-19. Jabeur, who ousted top seed Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals, won her only WTA title in June at Birmingham.
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