Women's Tennis WTA Tour 2023

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All Russian final in Den Bosch -> defending champion Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Veronika Kudermetova.

 

All British final in Nottingham -> Katie Boulter vs Jodie Burrage (both in their first WTA final ever). Also the first all-British WTA final since... 1975

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Katie Boulter wins Nottingham 250 over Jodie Burrage 6-3 6-3. This is only the second time in the last 20 years a player has won WTA title without having to face an opponent ranked inside Top 130 in the world

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Ekaterina Alexandrova defends the Den Bosch 250 title beating Veronika Kudermetova 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) in the final.

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Anett Kontaveit  announces her retirement, aged 27, due to her chronic back injury. Wimbledon will be her final tournament as a professional tennis player 

Edited June 20, 2023 by Josh

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That's a major shock as I didn't expect her back problems to be as serious. She will always have that insane 2021 season (mostly the second half of it) culminated by the YEC final.

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Well, the Den Bosch final will be repeated in Berlin QF. Alexandrova blasted Cori Gauff 6-4 6-0 winning 11 of the last 12 games while Kudermetova beat #2 Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets.

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This week's finals:

 

Berlin 500

Petra Kvitova def. Donna Vekic 6-2 7-6(6)

 

Birmingham 250

Jelena Ostapenko def. Barbora Krejcikova 7-6(8) 6-4

 

Fun fact: Kvitova and Ostapenko will meet in R1 in Eastbourne most likely on Tuesday. They actually played the 2022 final there.

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I really think the ATP and WTA need to work together to plan out finals scheduling. It is ridiculous that every week we have multiple finals from different tournaments going on at the same time. It would be better for all if they were somewhat spaced out...

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Elena Rybakina has withdrawn from Eastbourne and apparently she is still feeling the effects of virus that forced her to withdraw mid-event from Roland Garros

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Zoinks. Wozniacki suggests she's coming back