No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium eased to her ninth career WTA singles title on Sunday, defeating unseeded American Ann Li 6-1, 6-4 in the Tennis Open final.
In the Upper Austria Ladies Linz semifinals, Dayana Yastremska moved into her first WTA singles final in nearly three years, and Ekaterina Alexandrova ousted No. 1 seed Karolina Muchova.
Grand Slams traditionally have their women's finals on a Saturday and the men's final on a Sunday - and Wimbledon previously had a rest day in the 'middle Sunday' to make sure courts were properly mai ...