World number four Elena Rybakina guaranteed her third title of the year, beating Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-2 to win the Stuttgart Open.
The 24-year-old from Kazahkstan broke the Ukrainian to adore in the initial game and traveled through the primary set. Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, began the second set with a break and it was basically impossible that back for Kostyuk.
The triumph for Rybakina comes after titles in Brisbane in January and in Abu Dhabi the next month. She had booked her position in the last with a great success over world number one and double cross reigning champ Iga Swiatek on Saturday. Kostyuk's just opportunity of a rebound came in the second set when she constrained break three focuses when 3-2 down, yet she neglected to make use and looked disappointed and near tears.
"I need to salute Marta obviously, been an extraordinary competition, incredible matches you played here, you're playing truly astonishing and ideally we'll play a lot more finals," said Rybakina. Somewhere else, American Sloane Stephens beat unseeded Magda Linette of Poland 6-1 2-6 6-2 to win the WTA Open de Rouen in France. It was an eighth profession singles title for the 2017 US Open victor - and her first since February 2022.