​Kateryna Aleksandrova won the tournament in Seoul on Sunday, the athlete from Russia beat the main favorite of the “WTA 250” competition, the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, in the final.

Kateryna AlexandrovaPhoto: Jung Yeon-je / AFP / Profimedia

Kateryna Alexandrova beat Elena Ostapenko in the final of the WTA tournament in Seoul

2017 Roland Garros champion Ostapenko led 3-1 and 5-3 in the first set but eventually succumbed in a tiebreak, 7-6(4). Aleksandrova took complete control in the second set and won 6-0.

The final in Seoul lasted one hour and 24 minutes.

Know:

Kateryna Alexandrova also holds titles in Shenzhen (2020) and Hertogenbosch (2022). The Russian also made it to the last performance in Linz (2018) and Moscow (2021).

Olena Ostapenko won the competition in South Korea in 2017.