Tatjana Maria wins maiden title in Mallorca

Titles have been won in four grass court tournaments.

Halle:

Roger Federer, after three successive tough matches, finally relented and failed to claim his tenth trophy here.

Borna Coric, 21, who has not quite lived up to his immense talent, until this year, with a semi final in Indian Wells ((losing to Federer) and a quarter final in Miami (losing to Sascha Zverev) boosted his confidence for the rest of 2018.

Coric rose to the occasion in Halle, defeating Zverev in the first round and storming through to his third ATP final.

He saved a break point in the eleventh game of set one, and two more in the tie break.  He won the last four points in the breaker to take the lead 7-6(6).

Coric errors donated a service break to Federer in the eighth game of set two and the top seed tied the match at 6-7(6) 6-3.

Unperturbed, Coric broke Federer twice in the decider to claim his second ATP title and first on grass 7-6(6) 3-6 6-l

Federer loses his number one world ranking, but of more importance, Coric moves up 13 spots to a new career high of 21, previously 28.

London:

Marin Cilic (1) came from a set down against Novak Djokovic to win the title at Queen’s Club 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3.

Down 5-7 and 4-5 and 30-40, Cilic rallied, saving the match point and proceeding with some big serves to hold and ensure a tie break was required.

Djokovic led 4-1 in the breaker, but was overpowered, losing the next six points and the set.

Cilic rode the momentum to finally achieve a break of the Serb serve, after not converting seven, and then serving out the match 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3.

This was the second title here for Cilic, and, with Coric, made for a great week for Croatia.

Birmingham:

Petra Kvitová successfully defended her title, defeating Magdaléna Rybáriková 4-6 6-1 6-2

This was Petra’s fifth title for 2018, and moves her past Caroline Wozniacki into second place in the 2018 WTA Race.

Mallorca:

Tatjana Maria defeated Anastasija Sevastova (3) 6-4 7-5

Tatjana has been on tour since 2006 and has never been past a main draw semi final.

This year she had made the second round only twice.  In Mallorca she won five straight matches to win the crown, and in defeating Sevastova, she overcame her second top twenty player ever.