WTA: WTA roundup: Viktorija Golubic wins first title in 8 years in China

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The long wait is over for Viktorija Golubic.

The Swiss player came from a break down in the second set to earn her first win in eight years and second overall WTA Tour championship by defeating No.2 seed Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 7-5 in the Jiangxi Open on Sunday in Jiujiang, China.

Golubic, 32, won in Lausanne in 2016. Five years later, she reached two finals and the quarterfinal of Wimbledon to climb to No. 35 in the world, but plummeted to No. 168. With this win, she will near the top 100 again.

Sramkova, from Slovakia, went up 2-1 in the second set, then outlasted Golubic in a marathon game that featured 17 score changes to go up 3-1, But Golubic broke her opponent to get back on serve, then broke Sramkova in the final game to win.

Hong Kong Tennis Open

Top seed Diana Shnaider needed just 71 minutes to defeat second-seeded Katie Boulter of Great Britain 6-1, 6-2 in Hong Kong.

Shnaider, a 20-year-old Russian, overpowered Boulter, who admitted that her busy fall tournament schedule left her playing on an “empty tank.”

Shnaider broke Boulter’s serve four times and didn’t face a break point in the match.

–Field Level Media

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