Top-seeded Jessica Pegula recorded 31 winners while posting a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic on Saturday to advance to the championship match of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas.

Elsewhere, Emma Navarro became only the fifth player this century to win a WTA final 6-0, 6-0 at the Merida Open. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Top seed Jessica Pegula won her first title on U.S. soil in six years by sweeping McCartney Kessler in the final of the ATX Open in Austin.

No. 5 seed McCartney Kessler rallied past Spain's Cristina Bucsa 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the ATX Open in Austin, Texas. Kessler trailed 4-3 in the third-set tiebreaker before ripping off the final four points of the match.