USA’s Ann Li has simply received her first title in 4 years after beating Lulu Solar 7-6 (6) 6-2 within the Guangzhou closing.
Li, who was seeded at No. 2 on the WTA 500 match in Guangzhou, discovered herself in a really tight first-set battle in opposition to 116th-ranked Solar, who made the ultimate as a qualifier. Late within the first set, the No. 2 seed missed out on two set factors within the tenth recreation, in addition to two further within the twelfth recreation. When Solar opened a 3-0 lead within the tie-break – it appeared just like the American would lose the primary set in a heartbreaking approach – however she impressively bounced again and took the opener after changing her sixth set level.
Dropping the primary set in such a approach was an excessive amount of to mentally overcome for Solar, who misplaced her serve in back-to-back video games firstly of the second set. Up by a set and two breaks, Li had no points closing out the match on her serve within the eighth recreation.
Ann Li wins in Guangzhou! 👏
The No.2 seed beats Solar 7-6(6), 6-2 for the title 🏆#GuangzhouOpen pic.twitter.com/91C2P50PkT
— wta (@WTA) October 26, 2025
Li snaps her three-match shedding streak in her WTA finals
In late 2021, the American lifted her maiden WTA title after beating Camila Osorio within the Tenerife closing. Final yr, the American fell brief to Zeynep Sonmez within the Merida title match. Earlier this yr, the 25-year-old was crushed by Elise Mertens within the Singapore closing and by Sorana Cirstea within the Cleveland closing, respectively.
After shedding three WTA finals in a row, Li in all probability felt some nerves going into the Guangzhou title match. Nonetheless, she was in a position to take care of it and now owns a number of titles.
On the opposite facet, 24-year-old Solar stays with no WTA title in her assortment.
