Tennis-Pegula eases past Sakkari to claim Guadalajara title


Tennis - WTA 1000 - Guadalajara Open - Guadalajara, Mexico - October 23, 2022 Greece's Maria Sakkari celebrates winning her semi-final match against Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova REUTERS/Henry Romero

(Reuters) -American Jessica Pegula captured her first WTA 1000 crown with a 6-2 6-3 win over Maria Sakkari in the Guadalajara Open final on Sunday.

The third seed, who will be making her first appearance at the season-ending WTA Finals in Texas this month, beat four Grand Slam champions en route to the final, where she needed only 70 minutes to beat Sakkari.

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