HAMBURG, Germany – USA Bernarda Pera top seed stunned Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-4 to win the Hamburg European Open on Saturday for a second title in seven days.
81st-ranked Pera, who won her first WTA title in Budapest last week, saved three of the four break points she faced and took four of the six she created to beat Kontaveit, the tennis player. number 2 in the world.
It was Pera’s 12th straight win when returning to the Budapest qualifiers after losing the previous five. 27 year old Pera defeated Alexandra Krunic of Serbia in the Budapest final on Sunday.
Kontaveit played her 16th career final and her first since February, when she lost Iga Swiatek in Doha. She won her seventh singles title.
But Pera avenged the loss to Kontaveit in their only previous meeting, 7-5, 6-1 in the first round at Wimbledon in June.
Lorenzo Musetti drama Francisco Cerundolo and Carlos Alcaraz faces Alex Molcan in the men’s semi-final the following Saturday.
