MONTREAL, October 29, 2024 (Tennis Canada Press Release)
On Sunday, Croatia’s Petra Marcinko claimed her first singles title of the season at the 17th edition of the Saguenay National Bank Challenger, defeating Anouk Koevermans of the Netherlands 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3) in the championship match. Marcinko, who is just 18, climbed 49 spots in the WTA rankings and currently sits at No. 258.
Marcinko was making her first professional appearance in Canada last week, and it couldn’t have gone better for the former Australian Open Junior Championship winner. En route to the final, she overcame No. 6 seed and defending champion Katherine Sebov of Toronto, Ontario, as well as Stacey Fung of Vancouver, British Columbia, and seventh-seeded Viktoria Hruncakova of Slovakia. Marcinko’s only dropped set in Saguenay, Quebec came in her match against Koevermans.
Koevermans, 20, is another rising star on the women’s circuit and also entered the finals without dropping a set throughout the week. She spent the month of October in Canada, reaching the quarter-finals or better at the National Bank Challengers in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, and now Saguenay. Despite her loss to Marcinko, the Dutch player has ascended into the WTA Top 200, where she is ranked 191st, her best career ranking.
In the doubles draw, Americans Dalayna Hewitt and Anna Rogers, the No. 2 seeds, defeated top-seeded Belgians Magali Kempen and Lara Salden 6-1, 7-5 in the finals. This was their first title as a team.
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