Iga Swiatek defended her Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Aryna Sabalenka in Stuttgart on Sunday.
Swiatek saved the one break level she confronted and took two of her six alternatives to win her thirteenth title general in a single hour 50 minutes. It was her third profitable title defence after Rome final 12 months and Doha this 12 months.
Sabalenka had reached the Stuttgart closing for the third 12 months in a row. She was crushed by the world No. 1 on every event, shedding to Ashleigh Barty in 2021, then Swiatek final 12 months and this.
This 12 months the Belarussian was showing because the world No. 2-ranked participant. It was the primary time the world’s prime two met in a WTA singles closing since then-No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki defeated Simona Halep for the 2018 Australian Open title.