Giorgi beats Peterson to clinch Merida Open title

Giorgi had last won a title at the WTA1000 event in Montreal in 2021. Her other titles came at 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch and 2018 Linz.

FILE PHOTO: Italy’s Camila Giorgi won the WTA250 event in Merida, Mexico on Sunday.

Italy’s Camila Giorgi won the fourth WTA Tour singles title of her career on Sunday after beating Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-2 in the Merida Open final.

Giorgi trailed 0-2 before reeling off six straight games in the final set to win the match. She now leads the head-to-head 3-1 against Peterson.

Giorgi had last won a title at the WTA1000 event in Montreal in 2021. Her other titles came at 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch and 2018 Linz.

She reached the final without dropping a set. In the final. she fired 40 winners to Peterson’s 22.

Caty McNally and Diane Parry defeated Wang Xinyu and Wu Fang-hsien 6-0, 7-5 in one hour and 12 minutes to claim the doubles title. McNally and Parry easily claimed 15 of 16 first-service points in the opening set and did not encounter a break point.

McNally clinched her seventh WTA doubles title. The American player also advanced to her second WTA singles semifinal. For 20-year-old Frenchwoman Parry, it is her first-ever WTA doubles title.