Tennis-Noskova beats Pegula to lift Berlin Open trophy

Czech Republic's Linda Noskova won her first grasscourt title at the Berlin Open, defeating American Jessica Pegula 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the final on Sunday.

​The Czech Republic's Linda Noskova ​scooped her first grasscourt ‌title ​by beating American Jessica Pegula 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the Berlin Open final on Sunday.

The ‌eighth seed converted her third break point opportunity to clinch the opening set. Pegula, the 2024 champion, fought back in a closely contested second ‌set to force a decider but Noskova maintained her composure in ‌the decider.

She secured an early break before closing out the match to clinch her second WTA singles title. “Wow what a week. Obviously I want to congratulate ⁠Jessie. ​You’re incredible and ⁠a very tricky player to play on whatever surface. It was really tough ⁠to play you in the final," Noskova said following her triumph.

"“I don’t ​know where I’m gonna put this trophy, it’s too heavy!" World number ⁠13 Noskova is set to break into the top 10 for the first ⁠time, ​while Pegula's hopes of winning the title for a second time in three editions fell flat despite her win over ⁠world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals.

Sunday's final was delayed due ⁠to extreme weather, ⁠forcing the evacuation of spectators, after which organisers apologised following criticism over staff conduct during the process.