PETE ZIEBRON
As the clay court season continues to march onward to Roland Garros, all three WTA Finals and two of the three ATP Finals this weekend were contested by players who had never faced each other previously!
The lone exception was Alexander Zverev doing battle with Philipp Kohlschreiber for the fourth time today in Munich. Zverev won in straight sets and was able to notch his seventh career title in the process.
Petra Kvitova - Champion of Prague in 2018 Peter Ziebron Images
In Prague, Petra Kvitova came back from one set down to defeat upstart Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu in their initial meeting. Meanwhile, Elise Mertens claimed her fifth career title in Rabat over Ajla Tomljanovic in another first time meeting. Finally, Russian Irina Khromacheva defeated Saisai Zheng to win her first WTA title. Zheng entered the match with an impressive 20-3 mark for the year.
Back to the ATP, Taro Daniel won his first title while concurrently denying Malek Jaziri of the same result in Istanbul while Joao Sousa hoisted the trophy in his homeland in Portugal over American Tiafoe in their initial meeting.
This week, Petra Kvitova, Alexander Zverev and Philipp Kohlschreiber all head to Madrid and Taro Daniel will play the Rome Challenger.
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