Sevastova Moving Up After WTA Bucharest Title

No. 1 seed Anastasija Sevastova is moving into the Top 20 after wining her third career title on Sunday, beating No. 4 seed Petra Martic 7-6(4), 6-2 for the BRD Bucharest Open title.
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“I feel very happy,” Sevastova said. “I need some time to enjoy it. It’s always like this. It comes pretty fast and you leave to the next tournament. But I am very happy and excited.”

In the 2016 final Sevastova lost to world No. 1 Simona Halep 6-0, 6-0.

Sevastova was +2 in winners to unforced errors while Martic was a better +5. But the Latvian punished Martics second serve throughout the match.

“I didn’t think, in the beginning of the week, that I’m going to win it, because I had a first tough match,” Sevastova said. “I was almost out of the tournament. But then I got better match to match, and in the final I played one of my best matches here.”

Martic was up a break three times in the first set but failed to close it out.

The 28-year-old Sevastova, who retired from the tour but came back two years later, improved to 1-1 in career finals.

The 27-year-old Martic is now 1-1.

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