tiantsoa rakotomanga rajaonah beat Tjen to win the girly WTA championship – now tennis
Tianantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah, 19, ranked 214, relaxed her first WTA champion 6-3, 6-4 in Indonesia.
What a way to win it 😮💨
A day Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah will never forget 🏆#SPOpen pic.twitter.com/jiaGLUQkeN
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In the first finalists’ battle, lefties from France saved eight of ten breakthrough points. Rakotomanga Rajaonah dropped only one group and won the last three games in a row.
Tjen is the first WTA finalist in Indonesia in 22 years, and she competes in her second tour event. Rakotomanga Rajaonah plays in her third match.
“It’s been a very stressful week for me,” she said. “The first game is very difficult. Thanks Brazil, you have a special place in my heart.”
She is the 30th different woman to win the Tour this year, the first French woman to win a title on a hard field since 2022. Rakotomangarajaonah is also the first French teenager to win the WTA title since Oceane Dodin in 2016.
