No.7 seed Arantxa Rus has halted the Cinderella run of Noma Noha Akugue 6-0, 7-6(3) in the final of the Hamburg European Open to seal her maiden WTA Tour title.
32-year-old Rus became the eighth first time champion so far this season in a one hour, 45 minute win joining Zhu Lin (Hua Hin), Alycia Parks (Lyon), Marta Kostyuk (Austin), Lucia Bronzetti (Rabat), Katie Boulter (Nottingham), Maria Timofeeva (Budapest) and Zheng Qinwen (Palermo) in doing so.
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