the german tennis player Tatjana Mariawho entered the main draw from the previous one, won this Sunday in the final 6-3, 4-6 and 6-2 against the Brazilian Laura Pigossi and was crowned champion of the Colsanitas Cup in Bogotá, the second WTA title of her career after having won the Mallorca Open in June 2018.
The 34-year-old German, who reached the championship in 237th place on the WTA rankings, beat the South American in two and a half hours in a very close match that was decided in the last round, in Maria showed her best tennis on the central court of Club El Country in Bogotá, which had all its stands full.
Maria had to play the qualifying phase of the tournament, in which she got rid of the Swiss Conny Perrin and the Chilean Bárbara Gatica. Then she beat Argentina’s María Carle and Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson, third seeded and 76th in the world rankings.
In the quarterfinals, she easily beat the Swedish Mirjam Bjorklund and in the semifinals, the Russian Kamilla Rakhimova. Against Pegossi, who beat the Colombian Camila Osorio in the previous round, who was the favorite to retain the title she won in 2021, the German dominated the first set but suffered in the second, Well, he reacted when he was losing 5-2 and approached his rival after breaking his serve, but this did not reach him.
The last sleeve started with the longest game of the match that ended up being in the hands of Mariawho from then on showed her best game and beat the Brazilian with a resounding 6-2.
On the other hand, the doubles tournament was won by the couple made up of the Australian Astra Sharma and the Polish Aldila Sutjiadi, who beat the American Emina Bektas and the British Tara Moore 4-6, 6-4 and 11-9.
