FILE PHOTO: Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - 31/5/17 Estonia's Anett Kontaveit in action during her second round match against Spain's Garbine Muguruza Reuters / Benoit Tessier
(Reuters) - Estonia's Anett Kontaveit, one of the rising talents of the women's game, won her first tour title in the Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Den Bosch in the Netherlands on Sunday, beating Russian Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-2 6-3.
The 21-year-old Kontaveit, who had already reached one WTA final and beaten world number one Angelique Kerber this season, overcame a dip in concentration at the start of the second set to earn victory in just under an hour and a quarter.
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