“The Ukrainian took the title in Bakersfield in a pair with Ema Burgich”, — write: sport.ua
The Ukrainian – together with her partner Ema Burgich from Bosnia – was seeded second. In the final, they defeated the first seeded pair – Francesca Pace (Italy) and Suzanne Pawlikowska (Poland) with a score of 5:7, 6:1. [10–7].
For 21-year-old Sagdieva, this victory was the 10th in her career and the largest (prize fund – $35 thousand) in doubles at ITF tournaments. This season, the Ukrainian woman has climbed to the top of the ITF doubles competition 5 times.
Several more Ukrainians played in the finals of the ITF series last weekend.
George Kravchenko won the M15 singles final in Heraklion, Greece against Felix Balchau from France – 7:6 (7:2), 3:6, 7:6 (9:7).
Oleksandr Ovcharenko lost the M25 doubles final in the Italian Santa Margherita di Pula (together with the Dutchman Michel de Krom) against the Italian pair Federaico Bondioli and Giovanni Oradini – 3:6, 4:6.
Timur Beldyugin lost a tense M15 doubles final in Villers-le-Nancy, France (together with Nicolas Ify from Belgium) against Britain’s Ben Jones and Germany’s Tim Ruhl – 6:2, 6:7 (5:7), [14–16].
Yuri Javakyan and Vadim Ursu lost the M15 doubles final in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt against the pair of Oscar Mesquida Berg (Spain) and Gian Luca Tanner (Switzerland) – 4:6, 4:6.
Anastasia Firman lost the W15 doubles final in Essen, Germany (together with Josie Damms from Germany) against the German pair of Laura Böhner and Tessa Johanna Brockmann – 5:7, 4:6