Tararudee strikes again at ITF W40 level to continue rapid ascent
Thai teenager Lanlana Tararudee continued her fine maiden full-season on the ITF World Tennis Tour after claiming the joint-biggest title of her career at W40 Nanchang.
Tararudee, a former top-50 ranked ITF junior, was one of the first players to take advantage of the ITF’s new W40-grade tournaments when she won the title as a wild card at W40 Nonthaburi in January.
The 19-year-old triumphed at that level again in China this weekend with a 6-2 6-3 victory over You Xiaodi - her first title on a clay court.
Tararudee’s triumph was her fourth of the year overall – adding to two further victories at W15 events on a hard court in Asia.
Her rapid progress this season saw her climb to a career-high WTA ranking of No. 258 on Monday – a rise of 381 places since the turn of the year.
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Tararudee was one of three winners at ITF W40 events over the weekend, along with Darya Astakhova at W40 Wroclaw and Jana Kolodynska at W40 Arequipa, while there was also a good win for promising young Czech Nikola Bartunkova.
The 17-year-old former junior world No. 8 won her second professional singles title on German clay at W25 Erwitte, overcoming Latvian Daniela Vismane 6-4 6-1 in the final.
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