{"id":754459,"date":"2026-08-30T10:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754459\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:22:21","slug":"diane-parry-captures-first-ever-wta-title-in-monterrey-after-beating-elise-mertens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754459\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Parry captures first-ever WTA title in Monterrey after beating Elise Mertens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"wcl-news-perex\" itemprop=\"description\">France&#8217;s Diane Parry bagged the first singles title of her career with an upset defeat of Belgian second seed Elise Mertens at the WTA Monterrey tournament in Mexico on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/player\/parry-diane\/hQQLzcNT\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parry<\/a>, ranked 50th in the world, held her nerve to seal a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/match\/tennis\/mertens-e-Y1ZrrUtl\/parry-d-hQQLzcNT\/?mid=GESJvwvh\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6-4, 0-6, 6-3<\/a> win over the vastly more experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/player\/mertens-elise\/Y1ZrrUtl\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mertens<\/a>, the world number 24.<\/p>\n<p>Parry started confidently, clinching the first set after breaking Mertens for the second time in the 10th game of the opening set.<\/p>\n<p>But Mertens, chasing her 11th singles title, came roaring back to race through the second set to love to regain the initiative.<\/p>\n<p><img crossorigin=\"anonymous\" class=\"wcl-image_vG4MA\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55484c3b-6a34-4fcd-82bf-159ea8a05d8f.jpg\" alt=\"Parry edged out Mertens in Monterrey\" title=\"Parry edged out Mertens in Monterrey\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>Parry edged out Mertens in MonterreyFlashscore<\/p>\n<p>Parry responded with an early break to take a 2-0 lead in the decisive third set, her powerful forehand continuing to cause problems for Mertens.<\/p>\n<p>A further break gave Parry a 5-1 lead, and although she was broken immediately, she closed out the set to complete her first tournament win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/tennis\/wta-singles\/monterrey\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catch up on the Monterrey results here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s Diane Parry bagged the first singles title of her career with an upset defeat of Belgian second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-754459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}