Ajla Tomljanovic returns to winners' circle for first time in 10 years after WTA 125 title in first success since comeback
WTATuesday, 28 November 2023 at 02:30
Ajla Tomljanovic continued her impressive return to on-court
action as she won the WTA 125 event MundoTenis Open title in Florianopolis,
Brazil.
The 30-year-old, who played in three quarterfinals of the
Grand Slam events, never won a WTA title before and therefore the triumph
would’ve meant a lot. It was Tomljanovic’s first title after lifting an ITF title
10 years ago.
Tomljanovic, who recently made a comeback after spending
months on the sidelines because of a knee injury, defeated Argentina’s Martina Capurro
Taborda in the final in straight sets with a score of 6-1, 7-5.
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Tomljanovic will be hoping that the recent success will help
her in moving towards her ultimate objective which would be to win a bigger and
more famous event at the highest level.
The best outing for the Zagreb-born in a Grand Slam came in
the last two years when she played in the quarterfinal at Wimbledon and US
Open but on all three occasions, she failed to deliver a knockout punch.
In 2021, Tomljanovic was defeated by former world number one
Ashleigh Barty in the quarterfinal at Wimbledon. A year later, she lost to Elena
Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the last-eight clash. Last year in the US Open, Tomljanovic
lost to Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in the quarterfinal with a score of 6-3, 7-6.
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