This time Anett Kontaveit was actually allowed to play her final, one would think it would be a matter of course - but not in times of COVID. Because at the beginning of the year, the Estonian was in the final of the Grampians Trophy in Melbourne, a WTA Tour 500 event on hard court, but could no longer make it due to delays in the schedule, due to a COVID infection in one of the player's hotels To attack. Kontaveit and Ann Li, the second finalist, were then only awarded the prize money and the points for reaching the final.

At the tournament "Tennis in the Land", a 250cc event in Cleveland, Ohio, it worked out for Kontaveit. Not just with the final, but with winning the tournament. The current world rankings-30. sat in number two against the Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu after 1:55 hours of play with 7: 6 (5), 6: 4. It is the second tournament success for the 25-year-old from Tallinn. Begu, on the other hand, has to wait for her fifth title on the WTA tour. Her last full success was in 2017 at her home tournament in Bucharest.

A WTA Tour final will also be held in Chicago on Saturday. There the French Alize Cornet challenges the number one Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

Here is the single draw from Cleveland!