Yanina Wickmayer and Annika Beck Claim WTA Titles This week

Yanina Wickmayer

(September 20, 2015) Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium and Germany’s Annika Beck won WTA titles on Sunday.

The No. 86 Wickmayer rallied to beat No. 84 Magda Linette of Poland 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Japan Open for her fourth career WTA trophy. Wickmayer’s last tournament win came in New Zealand in 2010.

In taking the title in Tokyo, the Belgian told WTAtennis.com:

“A lot has happened – it’s been five years,” Wickmayer said. “There have been some injuries, but those are just a part of the job, and part of the career. And the level of the tour has been growing as well – there’s a lot of tough players out there. It’s much tougher to win a tournament these days.

“But going through all of the hard work and tough moments makes winning a lot more special.”

“It feels great. It’s amazing to win my fourth WTA title. It’s been a while since my third one, so it feels very good to lift a trophy up again after a few years. I’m very happy and very excited about it.”

JAPAN WOMEN’S OPEN TENNIS – TOKYO, JAPAN
$ 250,000.00
14-20 SEPTEMBER 2015

RESULTS – SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Women’s
Doubles – Finals
[1] H. Chan (TPE) / Y. Chan (TPE) d [WC] M. Doi (JPN) / K. Nara (JPN) 61 62

Fifth seed Annika Beck was victorious in Quebec City for her second career WTA crown, defeating Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-2 in the final. Beck knocked out defending champion and second seed Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the semifinals.

COUPE BANQUE NATIONALE PRÉSENTÉE PAR VIDÉOTRON – QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
$ 250,000.00
SEPTEMBER 14 – 20, 2015

RESULTS – SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
Women’s
Singles – Finals
[5] A. Beck (GER) d J. Ostapenko (LAT) 62 62

Women’s
Doubles – Finals
B. Krejcikova (CZE) / A. Mestach (BEL) d [3] M. Irigoyen (ARG) / P. Kania (POL) 46 63 12-10