19-year-old Tanantinaa Rakotomanga Rajaonah, Ranken 214, facilitated Indonesia’s past title Janice 6-3, 6-4, for her first WTA title.
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In a battle of the finalists for the first time, the leftist holder from France saved eight out of ten points of rest. Rakotomanga Rajaonah fell only one group and won its last three in straight groups.
Tjen, the first WTA finalist from Indonesia in 22 years, was playing at her second tournament event; Rakotomanga Rajaonah was playing in its third.
“It was a really stressful week for me,” she said. “The first match was very hard. Thank you Brazil, you have a special place in my heart.”
She is the thirty different woman to win a tour this year’s tour, and the first French to win in a difficult court since 2022. Rakotomanga Rajaonah is also the first French teenager to win a WTA title since 2016 Quebec City (Oceanee Dodin).
