Belgian Alison Van Uytavanck beat Slovak Dominika Cibulkova, first favorite (6-3, 3-6 and 7-5) in three sets, and won the Budapest tournament, the first of 2018 and the third of her career .
The Belgian player, 80 in the world, took revenge for the only duel between the two, at Wimbledon 2014, which was won by the Slovak, who was aiming for her ninth trophy, the first since she won in 2016 in Katowice, Eastbourne and Linz.
Van Uytavanck took two and a quarter hours to seal his victory after stopping the reaction from Cibulkova, who achieved the second set to equalize the match and who kept the pulse for the victory until the end.
The Belgian player, therefore, obtained the third trophy for her record after those obtained in Québec last year and in Taipei in 2015. EFE
The Belgian player, 80 in the world, took revenge for the only duel between the two, at Wimbledon 2014, which was won by the Slovak, who was aiming for her ninth trophy, the first since she won in 2016 in Katowice, Eastbourne and Linz.
Van Uytavanck took two and a quarter hours to seal his victory after stopping the reaction from Cibulkova, who achieved the second set to equalize the match and who kept the pulse for the victory until the end.
The Belgian player, therefore, obtained the third trophy for her record after those obtained in Québec last year and in Taipei in 2015. EFE