Women's Tennis' Lulu Sun wins ITF 25k Lisbon singles title

LISBON, Portugal — University of Texas freshman Lulu Sun claimed the singles title at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) pro circuit 25k tournament on Sunday at Clube Sao Joao. This marked the first ITF 25k singles championship and fourth career ITF singles crown for Sun, as she previously earned 15k titles at Port Pirie, Australia (Feb. 17, 2019), Perth, Australia (Feb. 24, 2019) and Monastir, Tunisia (Dec. 13, 2020).

In Sunday's championship match, Sun registered a 6-4, 6-4 victory against WTA-ranked No. 235 Ellen Perez. Sun jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the opening set, before Perez won back-to-back games to close the deficit to 4-3. Sun broke Perez to gain a 5-3 advantage, but Perez answered with a service break to make it 5-4. Sun responded with another service break to close out the first set, 6-4. Tied at 4-4 in the second set, Sun held serve and followed with a service break to finish the match and secure the title.

Sun, who entered the week at No. 737 in the current WTA rankings, won five matches in a six-day span (July 5-11) in her run through the tournament's 32-player main draw. All five of her opponents were ranked among the top 575 players in the current WTA rankings, including two in the top 235. During her Round of 16 match on Thursday, Sun posted a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory against No. 146 Lizette Cabrera.

Lulu Sun's run to the ITF 25k Lisbon singles title (July 6-11)

Date	Round	Opponent	Result
July 6	Round of 32	WTA #571 Mei Yamaguchi	W, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-1
July 8	Round of 16	WTA #146 Lizette Cabrera	W, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
July 9	Quarterfinals	WTA #400 Ivonne Cavalle-Reimers	W, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
July 10	Semifinals	WTA #393 Anastasia Kulikova	W, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
July 11	Championship	WTA #235 Ellen Perez	W, 6-4, 6-4

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Women's Tennis' Lulu Sun wins ITF 25k Lisbon singles title

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