WTA Strasbourg: Rybakina beats Samsonova to break a 13-month title drought

On May 24, local time, the women's singles final of the 2025 WTA500 Strasbourg station came to an end. Fourth seed Rybakina beat eighth seed Samsonova 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-1 to break a 13-month title drought and win her ninth career WTA Tour title.

Rybakina is a 1-4 loser in the previous head-to-head record between the two sides, but she finally stopped a four-game losing streak against Samsonova in their most recent meeting. Rybakina hit a total of 16 aces in this match and performed well on the serve. Rybakina quickly got into the groove in the first set, taking a 6-1 lead in just 36 minutes; In the second set, Samsonova broke serve twice and won the set, and although Rybakina saved the set point to take the match to a tie-break, Samsonova leveled the aggregate score 7-6(2). In the deciding set, Rybakina once again took the initiative and sealed the victory 6-1.

It was Rybakina's fourth career clay Tour title and her first since last year's WTA Stuttgart. Speaking after the race, Rybakina shared: "It's a pleasure to win in Strasbourg and I'm looking forward to going to Paris and thank you for your support. ”

Rybakina's path to the title

First round: bye

Second round: 6-1/6-3 Wang Xinyu

1/4 finals: 7-5/6-3 Linette

Semifinals: 7-6(7)/1-6/6-2 Maya[9]

Final: 6-1, 6-7(2)/6-1 Samsonova[8]

In the Women's Doubles, Guo Hanyu/Melichar lost 3-6/7-6(4)/7-10 to Babos/Stephanie and unfortunately finished second.

(Text, editor: Dato, photo: Visual China)