Haddad Maia has now won four career doubles titles, and this is her second of the year. Haddad Maia and Zhang teamed up for the first time this week. She and Zhang Shuai, the No.1 seeds, defeated No.4 seeds Caroline Dolehide and Monica Niculescu 7-6(2), 6-3 in a 1-hour and 27-minute doubles final. Haddad Maia went on to win the doubles title later on Sunday as well.
On grass courts, it's better to do that, so I will just keep doing that for my, and after the doubles, next week in Birmingham, Eastbourne, and Wimbledon," she added.Įarlier in the week, Haddad Maia had knocked top seed Maria Sakkari out in the quarterfinals, which was the left-hander's fifth consecutive win in her last five meetings against Top 5 players. "I was just fighting, I was just pushing myself every single point, every single match." "Grass is a special moment, we don't have a lot of tournaments on grass, so it's time to improve and be aggressive. "It's an amazing week, I couldn't expect a better start on grass," Haddad Maia said afterwards as per. Riske is now 3-10 in the WTA singles finals. The Brazilian improves to 1-1 in WTA singles finals, having previously finished as runner-up to Jelena Ostapenko at 2017 Seoul. Haddad Maia, currently ranked at a career-high World No.48, fought back from an early break down in the third set before prevailing after 2 hours and 18 minutes in her first meeting with Riske. The No.7 seed from Brazil defeated No.6 seed Alison Riske of the United States 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in the final. Haddad Maia also won the doubles title alongside Zhang Shuai. Image Credit: ANIīeatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil notched the first WTA singles title of her career with a victory over Alison Riske in the Nottingham Open final on Sunday.
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