18-year-old Tagger wins maiden WTA title with victory over Snigur in Prague

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tagger-lilli/UT72lXiG/"]Tagger[/a] will move to a career-high ranking of 45th in the world tomorrow after overcoming an opening-set scare [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/snigur-d-YuOTpKxj/tagger-l-UT72lXiG/?mid=tQo8LwN0"]to triumph in one hour and 30 minutes[/a]. She will be the youngest player inside the top 50.[/p][p][b]"It was just an amazing match. I feel super happy right now. I was a bit tired and nervous at the beginning, but right now I'm just super happy, happy that I turned it around in the first set, and kept going with my way in the second set,"[/b] Tagger said after recovering from a poor start to the match.[/p][p][b]"For me, it's not that easy to start when I'm down in the set, but you know, it can happen. It's part of the game. So I just told myself, it's just one break in the end. So I kept fighting, and yeah, I turned it around," [/b]she added.[/p][image alt="Match result" id="f5c53f66-9a79-4121-a9bc-9d6207b3a4e8" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="cdae19a9-79e6-4886-b94b-2954e773aee8" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The aggressive Austrian possesses a glorious single-handed backhand - one of just four in the top 100 - and hit nine aces as she denied [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/snigur-daria/YuOTpKxj/"]Snigur[/a] her first WTA triumph.[/p][p]Tagger trailed 2-5 in the first set, but managed to find her feet to retrieve the break before winning the opener on a tiebreak. [/p][p]From then on, it was far more straightforward for Tagger, cruising to the finishing line to get her hands on the trophy in the Czech capital.[/p][embed guid="2085b074-7a43-45b7-8012-12a3d5ee60e1" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqrHYxIiFW0" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/livesport-prague-open/"]Catch up on the Livesport Prague Open here.[/a][/b][/p]