Published 17:45 IST, September 21st 2019

Sofia Kenin wins third WTA singles title of the year at Guangzhou Open

American Sofia Kenin won her third title of the season at the Guangzhou International Women's Open against Australian Samantha Stosur with 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2

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American Sofia Kenin won her third title of season at Guangzhou International Women's Open on Saturday against Australian Samantha Stosur. . 3 seed Kenin defeated US Open champion Stosur with 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 in finals of Guangzhou International 2019. Kenin lost first set from a breakup but mand to turn game around by winning seven straight games.  Guangzhou International Women's Open is a tennis tournament held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. 

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20-year-old, Sofia Kenin currently ranks a career-high with World . 20 in Singles ranking. She won her first singles titles of 2019 on courts of Hobart, Australia in January. Following her second title in Mallorca in June. She h also entered finals at Acapulco in March but lost match to Chinese Wang Yafan.

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Samantha Stosur, 2011 US Open champion played her first WTA singles finals since claiming crown in Strasbourg in May of 2017. Former World .4 Stosur was seeking 10th WTA singles title of her career, and her first hardcourt title since triumphing in Osaka in 2014.

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top-seeded and last year's US Open champion, Naomi Osaka beat Elise Mertens 6-4, 6-1 to reach final at Toray Pan Pacific tournament. She will play Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next. Whereas, at Korea Open in Seoul, Yafan Wang beat Karolina Muchova 7-6 (5), 6-4 and will face fourth-seeded Magda Linette of Poland in final.

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16:38 IST, September 21st 2019