Pegula saves five championship points to win Berlin Open

Jessica Pegula saved 5 title points arsenic she hit Anna Kalinskaya to triumph nan Berlin Open and corroborate her position arsenic a Wimbledon title contender.

American Pegula missed nan European clay-court plaything pinch wounded and made her return to playing past week successful nan Netherlands.

She first completed her rain-delayed semi-final connected Sunday against doubles partner and 2nd seed Coco Gauff, quickly wrapping up a 7-5 7-6 (7-2) win.

The world number 5 past had to find her measurement backmost against Russia's Kalinskaya, overturning a 4-1 third-set shortage to triumph 6-7 (0-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-3).

It is Pegula's 5th WTA Tour title and her first connected grass.

She reached nan quarter-finals astatine Wimbledon past year, losing successful 3 sets to eventual champion Marketa Vondrousova.

Pegula, 30, is scheduled to play astatine nan Eastbourne International earlier Wimbledon originates connected 1 July.

At nan Birmingham Classic, Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva hit Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1 7-6 (10-8) to triumph her first grass-court title.

It was her first title for 3 years, pinch her past 2 triumphs coming connected clay-courts.

She fought backmost from a break down successful nan last group and converted connected her 3rd lucifer constituent arsenic Tomljanovic skewed a forehand wide.

“It’s my first connected writer and I don’t moreover cognize really I’m emotion because I wasn’t expecting this to hap astatine all," nan 29-year-old said.

“It’s astonishing but besides confusing because I usually play my champion tennis connected nan clay, and now each of a sudden, I’m performing good connected nan writer - but I’ll return it!”

Tomljanovic was searching for her first WTA title, having mislaid her erstwhile 4 finals.

It was her first last since an injury-hit 2023 which meant she dropped extracurricular nan apical 100.