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Bouzkova beats Navarro to clinch Nottingham title
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Marie Bouzkova has now won a WTA Tour title on all three surfaces

ByAmy LofthouseBBC Sport Senior Journalist
  • Published55 minutes ago

Marie Bouzkova overcame an ankle injury to beat Emma Navarro and win the Nottingham Open for her first grass-court singles title.

Czech fourth seed Bouzkova twice received treatment on the injury but rallied to see off the American 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-2.

It is a second title of the year for the 27-year-old after she won the clay-court event in Bogota in April.

Bouzkova twice led Navarro by a break in the first set but was reeled in by the former world number eight.

However, serving at 6-5 0-30 down, Bouzkova took a medical timeout after landing awkwardly on her right ankle.

She played on and recovered to deuce on her serve but there was another lengthy delay after a medical issue in the crowd.

After losing a close tie-breaker, Navarro reset to win the second set, but an early break in the decider was enough for Bouzkova to seal her fourth career singles title.

Bouzkova wished her dad a happy Father's Day in her on-court speech after he flew in to watch her victory.

Elsewhere, the Berlin Open final between Jessica Pegula and Linda Noskova was delayed by several hours because of a thunderstorm.

Tournament organisers cleared fans out of the stadium because of "severe weather conditions".

A statement said the public village area of the tournament - where food stalls are - sustained "significant damage as a result of the storm" and would remain closed.

In Bad Homburg in Germany, British number two Katie Boulter suffered a 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-3 defeat by Leylah Fernandez.

Boulter had beaten the Canadian at Queen's last week but Fernandez saved 19 of the 24 break points she faced to gain revenge in three hours and 14 minutes.

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Originally reported by BBC Sport. Read the full story at the original source.