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01/16 21:42 CST Andreeva comes back from early deficit to beat Mboko in the
Adelaide International final
Andreeva comes back from early deficit to beat Mboko in the Adelaide
International final
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) --- Third-seeded Mirra Andreeva trailed 3-0 but came
back to win nine games in a row and beat Victoria Mboko 6-3, 6-1 in the
Adelaide International final on Saturday.
The match featured the only players aged under 20 inside the top 20 on the WTA
Tour. Andreeva is 18 and Mboko 19.
The Canadian took a 3-0 lead in the first set before Andreeva evened the match,
winning 13 consecutive points and dominating the rest of the set and match.
Trailing 3-0 in the second set, Mboko took a medical timeout when her blood
pressure and pulse was taken. She returned to win her first game of the second
set but Andreeva closed out the match three games later.
It was Andreeva's fifth WTA title in her sixth final.
Mboko has rapidly established herself near the top of the rankings and has two
career titles: the WTA 1000 Canadian Open at Montreal last year and the WTA 250
Hong Kong Open.
In the later men's final at Adelaide, Tomas Machac was to play Ugo Humbert.
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