World No. 17 Adad Maia wins singles title at Corrie Open

World No. 17 Adad Maia wins singles title at Corrie Open

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Beatriz Adad Maia (No. 17-Brazil) has won the singles title at the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour's Hana Bank Korea Open ($1 million).

Adad Maia came from behind to defeat top-seeded Darya Kasatkina (13th, Russia) 2-1 (1-6, 6-4, 6-1) in the singles final on the final day of the tournament at the Olympic Park Tennis Courts in Songpa-gu, Seoul on Sunday.

Adad Maia, who reached the final of this event in 2017, where she was runner-up to No. 12 Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia), is back in the final for the first time in seven years.

Born in 1996, Adad Maia won her fourth tour singles title in 11 months after winning the Elite Trophy in China last October. The Coria Open singles title is worth $142,000 (about $190 million).

Adad Maia, 메이저사이트 whose best result in major singles was last year's French Open quarterfinals, won her first WTA 500-rated event.

The WTA 500 level is below the WTA 1000 level, which includes the four majors and 10 events a year.

Her first tour singles final was at the 2017 Korea Open, and her first WTA 500 title came in South Korea.

After dropping the first set 1-6, Adad Maia leveled the match with a 6-4 win in the second set and broke her opponent's service game at 2-1 in the third set.

Leading 3-1, he faced a triple break point at 0-40 on his own service game, but managed to hold to make it 4-1 and seal the win.

The roar of the 9,000 fans in the stadium erupted on the court as he chased down a roving ball that crossed his height and spun around to hit a passing shot to make it 4-1.

The victory, which took one hour and 50 minutes to secure, means that Adad Maia will be ranked No. 12 in the world next week.

Kasatkina, playing in her first career Corrie Open, cruised to the final in straight sets with her trademark smart play, but was unable to hold on to the lead she had taken midway through the second set.