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Sidelined from the professional circuit for 10 months, Robin Montgomery turned ‘S-Hertogenbosch’s grass into transformative territory at the moment.
World No. 484 Montgomery captured her maiden WTA title with out putting a shot as scheduled opponent Barbora Krejcikova withdrew resulting from an sickness.
“I’m sorry to announce that I’ve to withdraw from at the moment’s Libema Open ultimate resulting from sickness,” Krejcikova mentioned within the assertion. “I’ve been felling unwell and after consulting with the medical group it has turn out to be clear that I’m not in a situation to compete at the moment. I used to be actually wanting ahead to the chance to play within the ultimate and compete for a title, however at the moment it’s not doable.
“I’d additionally wish to congratulate Robin for an awesome week right here and need her the perfect for the remainder of the season. I’m disillusioned to finish my match on this approach, however I’ll concentrate on recovering as shortly as doable and stay up for returning to competitors quickly.”
Qualifier Montgomery, who was sidelined from June of 2025 to April of 2026 resulting from damage, made probably the most of her alternative to turn out to be the lowest-ranked participant to win a WTA Tour title since No. 508 Elina Svitolina received Strasbourg in 2023.
This title vaults Montgomery to No. 194 within the WTA Dwell Rankings. Montgomery, who trains on the Junior Tennis Champions’ Middle in Faculty Park, Maryland, reached a career-high rating of No. 95 final June earlier than damage pressured her off the Tour.
Contesting simply her third match of the season, the 21-year-old Montgomery dropped the primary set she performed in qualifying and misplaced her first set of main-draw play to Daria Kasatkina earlier than rallying to a 5-7, 6-0, 6-4 victory. After that opening-round triumph, Montgomery scored straight-sets wins over Greet Minnen, Daria Snigur and Ajla Tomljanovic earlier than receiving the walkover win from two-time Grand Slam champion Krejcikova.
