武汉公开赛决赛：奇瓦利尼斯卡逆转英国选手索奈·卡塔尔 夺WTA生涯首冠 半决赛曾淘汰斯瓦泰克
武汉——武汉公开赛女单决赛10月18日战罢，波兰球员奇瓦利尼斯卡（Maja Chwalinska）在先丢一盘、第二盘一度被破发的不利局面下，以2比6、6比4、6比2逆转英国球员 Sonay Kartal，夺得职业生涯第一座 WTA 巡回赛冠军，而且第一冠就是 WTA 1000 级别。
这场决赛耗时2小时43分钟。Kartal 世界排名仅第170位，是 WTA 1000 赛事历史上排名最低的决赛选手，她首盘凭借强力正手全面压制；但奇瓦利尼斯卡在半决赛淘汰同胞名将 Iga Swiatek 后状态正盛，第二盘拖入长多拍回合、三度破发扳平，决胜盘又连赢四局锁定胜局。
夺冠后，奇瓦利尼斯卡的世界排名将升至生涯新高的第11位，并收获约66.5万美元奖金；她也成为2009年以来第四位以 WTA 1000 赛事作为生涯首冠的球员。Kartal 凭借本站亚军将首次打进世界前40，她今年曾因背部应力性骨折休战六个多月，上月才复出。（GSM 据路透社等报道）
Wuhan Open Final: Chwalinska Rallies Past Kartal for Maiden WTA Title After Stunning Swiatek
WUHAN — Poland's Maja Chwalinska won the first title of her career on Sunday, October 18, rallying from a set and a break down to beat Britain's Sonay Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the Wuhan Open final — and her maiden crown came at WTA 1000 level.
The final lasted two hours and 43 minutes. Kartal, ranked No. 170 and the lowest-ranked finalist in WTA 1000 history, dominated the first set with powerful forehands. But Chwalinska, fresh off a semifinal win over childhood friend and compatriot Iga Swiatek, dragged the match into long rallies, broke three times in the second set and won four straight games to close out the decider.
The title lifts Chwalinska to a career-high No. 11 in the rankings and earns her about $665,000; she is the fourth woman since 2009 to make a WTA 1000 event her first career title. Kartal, who missed more than six months this year with a stress fracture in her back and returned only last month, will break into the Top 40. (GSM, from Reuters and other reports)
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图片来源：图：奇瓦利尼斯卡（资料图）。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 2.0。Photo: Maja Chwalinska (file photo). Source: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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