American McCartney Kessler secured her third profession title Sunday, defeating Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 7-5 in a rain-interrupted Nottingham Open ultimate.
Kessler, who recorded her first main-draw tour-level win on grass earlier this month at Queen’s, dominated the match from the outset and sealed the victory in 1 hour, 34 minutes.
“I am tremendous excited to have one other title. I’ve gotten to a different ultimate, one other nice week of tennis for me,” Kessler stated. “I need to begin by congratulating Dayana on an excellent week as effectively. She’s a extremely powerful competitor. We have had three actually aggressive matches, so congrats on an excellent week.”
The 25-year-old American outperformed Yastremska on serve within the first set, profitable 17 of her 25 service factors in comparison with the Ukrainian’s 19 from 35 first serves.
The second set went to 3-3 earlier than Kessler fought off a spirited problem from Yastremska to shut out the victory.
Yastremska, the primary Ukrainian participant to achieve a WTA Tour ultimate on grass in 17 years, was enjoying her second ultimate of the yr however fell in need of clinching her first WTA title since 2019.