Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia won the biggest title of her career on Sunday (29) in Zhuhai, China. She won the WTA Elite Trophy, a tournament that brings together the best tennis players outside the world's top eight. Beatriz, ranked 19th in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), beat China's Qinwen Zheng 2 sets to 0, both in tie-breaks.
This victory brings Beatriz Haddad Maia closer to the top-10 in the world ranking. In the next update, she will have an additional 700 points and will rise to 11th place. The São Paulo player's best position in her career was tenth place, which she achieved in June after reaching the semi-finals of Roland Garros, one of the Grand Slams.
As well as the singles title, Beatriz also won the Elite Trophy doubles tournament with Russia's Veronika Kudermetova. In the final, they beat Japan's Miyu Kato and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi 2 sets to 0.
Despite not earning any points in the WTA rankings, the victory in the doubles competition earned the partnership a bonus of US$ 55,000 (around R$ 274,000). The singles title guaranteed Beatriz Haddad Maia a prize of US$ 605 thousand (around R$ 3.01 million), bringing her total prize money to US$ 632.5 thousand (around R$ 3.15 million).
