Australian Ellen Perez and American partner Nicole Melichar-Martinez are the doubles champions at a WTA 250 tournament at Cleveland.
Cleveland, USA, 28 August 2022 | Leigh Rogers
Cleveland, USA
Australian Ellen Perez and American partner Nicole Melichar-Martinez have reaffirmed their status as one of the world’s most in-form teams, capturing a WTA 250 title in Cleveland.
Perez and Melichar-Martinez secured their first team title with a 7-5 6-3 victory against fourth seeds Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia in today’s final.
Finished with a SMASH 💥
No.2 seeds @nicole_melichar and @EllenPerez95 take the doubles title in Cleveland!#TennisInTheLand pic.twitter.com/y3EkAFnP5B
— wta (@WTA) August 27, 2022
It was the second-seeded duo’s second match victory of the day, having earlier defeated third-seeded combination Shuko Aoyama of Japan and Hao-Ching Chan of Chinese Taipei in the semifinals. That match was suspended due to a power outage yesterday with Perez and Melichar-Martinez holding six match points in the second-set tiebreak.
Resuming today, Perez and Melichar-Martinez only needed to play a single point to advance to their third consecutive final as a team.
Perez and Melichar-Martinez have now won 12 of their past 14 matches, making them one of the most in-form teams heading into next week’s US Open championships.
This is 26-year-old Perez’s fifth career WTA singles title – and second of this season. Currently ranked at a career-high world No.28, Perez is set to climb even higher when next week’s rankings are released.
Aussies in action – Cleveland
RESULTS
Women’s doubles, semifinals
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d [3] Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) 6-1 7-6(0)
Women’s doubles, final
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) d [4] Anna Danilina (KAZ)/Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 7-5 6-3
Granby, Canada
Daria Saville’s quest to claim her second career WTA singles title – and first since August 2017 – has fallen just short.
World No.10 Daria Kasatkina proved too strong in the Granby final today, carving out a 6-4 6-4 victory in a high-quality battle.
What a battle in Canada 🇨🇦@DKasatkina hangs tough, defeating Saville 6-4, 6-4 to clinch the #WTAGranby title 🏆 pic.twitter.com/hV0cLU2N5q
— wta (@WTA) August 27, 2022
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