Kiki Bertens shocks No. 1 Simona Halep to win Cincinnati WTA title

KiKi Bertens ended a nine-match winning streak for Simona Halep, who beat US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the final at Montreal last week.

Updated on: Aug 20, 2018, 11:35:45 IST

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Dutch outsider Kiki Bertens survived a match point as she handed world number one Simona Halep her first defeat since Wimbledon to lift the the WTA Cincinnati title on Sunday.

Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands holds the trophy after defeating Simona Halep of Romania during the women’s final. (AFP)

Bertens, ranked 17th in the world, beat Romania’s Halep 2-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 in the women’s final of the combined WTA and ATP hardcourt tournament.

She ended a nine-match winning streak for Halep, who beat US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the final at Montreal last week.

Bertens notched her 10th defeat this season of a Top 10 opponent as she beat Halep for the second time in five meetings in a comeback win which lasted for just over two hours.

Halep ran out of energy in a third-set collapse. She’s had a hectic hardcourt schedule which still includes a provisional start next week in New Haven with the US Open starting in just eight days.

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