After a three-year title drought, Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu is back in the winner’s circle, and she got there on home soil.
No. 7 seed Begu defeated No. 6 seed Jil Teichmann of Switzerland 6-0, 7-5 in the final of the UniCredit Iasi Open on Sunday. Begu took 1 hour and 33 minutes to beat Teichmann for the fourth time in their five career meetings.
It was almost exactly three years ago that former Top 25 player Begu reached her most recent final (and won the title) at 2022 Palermo. At last, the Romanian prevailed again on Sunday to capture her sixth career Hologic WTA Tour singles title.
Out of her six WTA singles titles, this is Begu’s third on her preferred clay courts. It is also her second time clinching a WTA singles title in her home country — she claimed the crown in the Romanian capital of Bucharest in 2017.
More to come…