CZECH REPUBLIC, Oct. 26 — Daria Lopatetska, Ukrainian tennis player from Kharkiv, has won an ITF W15 tennis tournament, held in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

The ITF W15 is a women’s professional tennis tournament with a prize fund of $15,000. Events at this level give players an opportunity to earn ranking points and progress to higher-level competitions, including the WTA Tour.

After losing the first set, Lopatetska saved match points, won the second set in a tie-break, and secured victory in the deciding set. In the final in Karlovy Vary, she defeated Czech player Kateřina Zajíčková with the score 0–6, 7–6 (14–12), 6–3.

This is the sixth ITF World Tennis Tour title of Lopatecka’s career.

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