By Tennis Now | Sunday, June 12, 2022

 

Ekaterina Alexandrova swept top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 6-0 to capture her second career title, and first since 2020, on the grass of 's-Hertogenbosch.

Photo credit: Libema Open

Ekaterina Alexandrova sealed her championship statement with an emphatic ace.

Alexandrova slashed an ace on her second championship point wrapping a 7-5, 6-0 sweep of top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in today's Libema Open final.

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It is Alexandrova's second career title and first since the 2020 Shenzhen when she beat Garbine Muguruza and Elena Rybakina in succession.

Alexandrova lost her first set of the tournament to Dayana Yastremska then tore through 10 consecutive sets for her first grass-court title on the lawn of 's-Hertogenbosch.

"It's an amazing week, an amazing tournament," Alexandrova said. "Everything was so perfect."

The seventh-seeded Russian rolled through nine straight games to stop Sabalenka for the third time in five meetings.

Alexandrova saved four of five break points in an 87-minute victory.