Muguruza wins WTA Chicago title

Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza captured the WTA Chicago Fall Classic on Sunday, rallying to defeat Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the final.

Spanish second seed Muguruza, who turns 28 on Friday, took her ninth career WTA title and second tour crown of the year after Dubai in March.

Muguruza zipped through the final set to claim the crown in the event, added as a tuneup for next week’s Indian Wells tournament, postponed from March due to Covid-19.

Muguruza improved to 2-1 in her career rivalry with Jabeur, who beat the Spaniard in this year’s third round at Wimbledon.

Muguruza ranks eighth and Jabeur ninth in qualifying for next month’s season-ending eight-player WTA Finals in Mexico. Former world number one Muguruza hasn’t reached the event since 2017. Jabeur has never qualified. – AFP