Bertens Shocks No. 1 Halep To Win Cincinnati WTA Title
Fakhir Rizvi Published August 20, 2018 | 03:37 AM
Cincinnati, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Aug, 2018 ) :Dutch outsider Kiki Bertens survived a match point as she handed world number one Simona Halep her first defeat since Wimbledon to lift the the WTA Cincinnati title on Sunday.
Bertens, ranked 17th in the world, beat Romania's Halep 2-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 in the women's final of the combined WTA and ATP hardcourt tournament.
She ended a nine-match winning streak for Halep, who beat US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the final at Montreal last week.
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