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Sabine Winter Becomes First European Woman in a WTT Champions Final, Falls to Wang Yidi in Seven

The run will elevate her to a career-first top 20, making her Europe’s new No. 1.

Stark in Montpellier: Sabine Winter
Sabine Winter glänzt in Frankreich

Overview

  • China’s world No. 5 Wang Yidi beat Winter 4–3 in the Montpellier final after the German led 2–0 and held a match point in the sixth game.
  • Winter reached the title match by defeating South Korea’s Shin Yu Bin 4–1 in the semifinals.
  • She had earlier overturned a 0–3 deficit to beat Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi Kem in a seven-game quarterfinal thriller.
  • The tournament is part of the WTT Champions elite tier in southern France with a $500,000 prize purse.
  • Winter earned $20,000 as runner-up and delivered the first Champions-Series final appearance by a European woman.