American teen Ashlyn Krueger didn't lose a set the entire tournament in capturing her first WTA Tour title with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) upset of top seed Zhu Lin on Sunday at the Japan Open in Osaka.
Ranked No. 123 in the world, Krueger, 19, entered the week without a main-draw win on hard court this year and had never advanced past a quarterfinal of a WTA event.
Krueger had the edge in aces, 7-3, and never had to save a break point in the 96-minute match. She broke Zhu on her first service game of the match, and Zhu was 1-for-2 in saving break points. In a matchup of Belgians, 13th-seeded Elise Mertens survived a first-set tiebreaker to defeat Yanina Wickmayer 7-6 , 6-2. Mertens had eight aces and won 25 of 35 first-service points.
The Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova, who is seeded 16th, knocked off Ena Shibahara of Japan 7-5, 6-2.
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