MERIDA (MEXICO) – It’s a big party for Camila Giorgi. The Italian tennis player, after the 250m of S’Hertogenbosch 2015 (grass) and Linz 2018 (fast indoor) and the 1000m of Montreal 2021 (hard), her last final, conquered her fourth career title by winning the Merida Open Akron, Wta 250 with a jackpot of 259,303 dollars which was played on the concrete of the capital of the federal state of Yucatàn, Mexico. On the Italian night, in the tenth final of her career, the 31-year-old from Macerata beat 7-6 (3) 1-6 6-2 after two hours and 23 ‘of battle, the Swede Rebecca Peterson coming from the qualifications and revelation of the tournament . It was a more painful match than expected for Giorgi, who had to fight tooth and nail to take home the first set in the tiebreak. Then, also thanks to a few too many mistakes and the return of her opponent, Peterson puts the challenge back on balance. The rhythm of the shots, however, increases and Giorgi becomes the owner of the field, she churns out spectacular winners in series (they will be 40 at the end of the game) and takes possession of the match by putting in six games in a row as if nothing had happened. Camila Giorgi, the triumph in Merida is worth a return to the top 50 Great tournament for the blue, who lost only one set, in the final, and knocked out her opponents one after the other: Sherif, Parrizas-Diaz, Stephens, Siniakova and finally Peterson. A triumph that earned him a return to the world top 50. In fact, the Italian will be number 46 from today, 20 positions from the best ranking recorded in October 2018. Surpassed, among others, by Elisabetta Cocciaretto: now the Maceratese is once again the Italian number two, behind only Martina Trevisan . The words of Camila Giorgi after the victory in Merida “I am very happy to have come here for the first edition of this tournament: it was a fantastic week and I had a great time – the words of the winner Camila Giorgi, who then thanked the audience in Spanish – with Rebecca it was a good final and I’m really very satisfied”.
