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<\/p>\nFor the second year in a row, former World No.1 Angelique Kerber was triumphant at the Luxembourg Ladies Tennis Masters, edging Belgium\u2019s Yanina Wickmayer in Sunday\u2019s title bout, 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\n
On her way to the title, Kerber also posted a quarterfinal win over Monica Puig — who famously defeated the German in the gold medal match at the Rio Olympics — and got the better of her good friend, former World No.2 Agnieszka Radwanska in the semis.<\/p>\n
For her part, Wickmayer, making her first appearance at the event having retired in the summer of 2025, had advanced to the final by virtue of two match tiebreak nail-biters. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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In Friday\u2019s opener, the former No.12 defeated Petra Kvitova — back on court less than seven months after delivering her twin girls. On Saturday, she edged last year\u2019s runner-up, Aliz\u00e9 Cornet, in the final four.<\/p>\n
Rounding out the eight-woman field at the Coque arena this year was France\u2019s Tatiana Golovin, who was dispatched by Radwanska in straight sets in the quarters and Slovakia\u2019s Magdalena Rybarikova, who met a similar fate against Cornet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t find the words right now to say how much fun I had on the court,\u201d Wickmayer said in her runner-up speech.<\/p>\n
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Roland Miny\n <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really great to be back and play all these amazing players and to see them again after a while. Most of us are moms now, so we\u2019re living a different life, but it\u2019s so nice to meet up on the court and give it our all and still find the joy in the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kerber, the first player to win the event twice, received her trophy from Luxembourg prime minister Luc Frieden and expressed similar sentiments to the fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cActually, I feel like I\u2019m at home — maybe I should move to Luxembourg!\u201d she said, laughing. \u201cThis is such a great event, and to see the stands always full, it\u2019s the most important thing for us. We feel the energy, we feel the competition that we had for 20 years playing on the Tour and we show the younger generations that moms can do it. It\u2019s very special.\u201d<\/p>\n
For 25 years, Luxembourg hosted a popular stop on the WTA Tour, players embracing the family atmosphere at the event. The list of champions grew to include six former World No.1s, including Kim Clijsters, who captured the WTA 250 title a record five times.<\/p>\n
By 2022, tournament director Danielle Maas and her team at International Women\u2019s Tennis Promotion were keen to build on this legacy under a different format \u2013 and the current eight-woman, competitive prize money exhibition was conceived.<\/p>\n
Appropriately enough, Clijsters reigned in the first edition held that year, defeating Martina Hingis in the final. In 2023, Kontaveit beat Andrea Petkovic for the crown and the 2024 final saw Flipkens conquer Martina Hingis.<\/p>\n
Now established as a hot ticket not only for fans but also stars keen to maintain their atheticism into retirement, the Luxembourg Ladies Tennis Masters has evolved over its five stagings into a showcase of WTA role models and the principles espoused by Billie Jean King more than 50 years ago.<\/p>\n
The invitational has developed its own traditions and once again, the nostalgic Jana Novotna Award was presented at a gala dinner before action got underway. This year\u2019s recipient was Luxembourg\u2019s own Anne Kremer, who won WTA titles at Auckland and Pattaya in 2000 and rose to World No.18 in 2002.<\/p>\n
The award celebrates individuals who demonstrate special commitment to women\u2019s tennis, in Luxembourg and abroad, just like the much-loved Czech champion did during her lifetime.<\/p>\n
Kerber\u2019s victory resulted in a winner\u2019s check of \u20ac50,000 from a total purse of \u20ac110,000.<\/p>\n
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