Garbine Muguruza beat Anett Kontaveit in straight sets to win her first WTA Finals title in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Sixth seed Muguruza won 6-3 7-5 to become the first Spaniard to win the season-ending finals, beating Estonian eighth seed Kontaveit for the second time this week.
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The two-time Grand Slam champion will rise to third in the world rankings on Monday.
“Right now, I feel extremely happy and relieved,” said Muguruza, 28.
“It’s a tournament that I’ve struggled at the beginning, then I managed to play well.
“I think I’m staying composed a little bit now because it means really a lot to me to win such a big, big, big tournament in Latin America, here in Mexico. I think it’s just perfect.”
Victory marked former world number one Muguruza’s 10th career WTA singles title.
She had ended Kontaveit’s 12-match winning streak in the round-robin stage of the tournament, before prevailing again in the final, winning four straight games to take the trophy.