Colombia’s Camila Osorio delighted the home crowd when she successfully defended her Copa Colsanitas Zurich title in Bogotá on Sunday, defeating Polish qualifier Katarzyna Kawa, 6-3 6-3, in the WTA 250 final to retain her crown, her 3rd here, having won the event in 2021 as well as last year.
Osorio becomes the second player to win 3 or more Bogotá singles titles and is a step closer to matching her countrywoman Fabiola Zuluaga’s record of 4 won in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Very nearly ousted earlier in the week, when she faced a match point in her 2nd-round encounter with American Emina Bektas, Osorio eventually regrouped to eke out that win in 2 hours and 31 minutes.
Things picked up for the champion after that narrow escape, and she did not drop a set in her next two matches, beating another two-time champion, Tatjana Maria from Germany, in the quarter-finals, and Argentine Julia Riera in the semi-finals.
The final proved to be another straight-sets affair for Osorio, as she closed out the first set with her first ace of the day and promptly led by a double-break at 3-0 in the second.
Kawa used superb net play to claw one break back, but she was unable to return to level footing.
Some suspense arrived with the 3rd championship point, when a double-fault by Kawa was overturned after inspection of the mark, but Osorio eventually converted her 4th championship point after an hour and 23 minutes of play.
Osorio finished the final with 22 winners to Kawa’s 14, while the Colombian also converted 5 of her 10 break points on her way to another Bogotá triumph.
Qualifier Katarzyna Kawa reached her 2nd career WTA singles final nearly 6 years after her first and is approaching a return to the Top 150 following her impressive run in Bogotá.
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Despite the loss, it was still a great week for 32-year-old Kawa, who reached her 2nd career WTA singles final nearly 6 years after her first.
Kawa almost fell out of the Top 300 last November, but she is approaching a return to the Top 150.
This week also featured a break-through run by American 16-year-old Julieta Pareja, who made her WTA main-draw debut and reached the semi-finals before falling to Kawa.
Pareja became the youngest WTA semi-finalist since her compatriot Coco Gauff at 2019 Linz, who won that title as a lucky loser.
Top-seeds Cristina Bucsa & Sara Sorribes Tormo squeaked past Laura Pigossi & Irina Bara to win the Copa Colsanitas Zurich doubles title in Bogotá on Sunday.
The Copa Colsanitas Zurich doubles title was won by top-seeded Spaniards Cristina Bucsa & Sara Sorribes Tormo, who squeaked past Brazil’s Laura Pigossi & Irina Bara from Romania, 5-7 6-2 [10-5], in Sunday’s final.
This is the second time Bucsa & Sorribes Tormo have teamed up to win a title, having previously captured the WTA 1000 Madrid crown on home soil last year, while they also paired up to win the Bronze medal at last year’s Paris Olympics.
Overall, this marks the 6th career WTA doubles title for both Bucsa and Sorribes Tormo.
