Alexandrova defeats Rybakina to lift the trophy at Shenzhen Open

Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Elena Rybakina in the final at the 2020 Shenzhen Open to win her maiden title on the WTA Tour.

Alexandrova seems to be unstoppable at the moment. She has ended her 2019 season by winning the title at the Limoges Open and a few weeks later, she opened 2020 with the victory in Shenzhen.

During the tournament, Alexandrova defeated Siniakova, Peng, Wang, and Garbine Muguruza. In the final, she faced Elena Rybakina who also had a good tournament.

However, this did not seem like a big task for Alexandrova when she defeated Rybakina 6-2, 6-4 in just 74 minutes to win her first WTA trophy. Alexandrova will also move to 26th place in the WTA Ranking, what is her career-high.

"The whole week was pretty good for me, I think, right from the start. It wasn't easy but I did it until the end. I won my first title, and it feels amazing. The first one is always special. I was playing my second final, and the first one wasn't so good for me, so I was trying to get this one."

"I just wanted to stay calm through the match today. I didn't expect the first set would be so easy, because I know she plays so well. When it was 4-0 right away, I didn't expect that. I knew the second set would be so much tougher because it isn't easy to play her."