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Montgomery wins maiden WTA title as Krejcikova withdraws from 's-Hertogenbosch final

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US qualifier Robin Montgomery won her first WTA title when Czech rival Barbora Krejcikova retired before Sunday's final of the Wimbledon warm-up event through illness.

[p]As a result of her maiden title, the 484th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/montgomery-robin/SfXC2Wt1/"]Montgomery[/a] will move up to 240th in the WTA rankings on Monday ahead of the second Grand Slam of the season on grass at Wimbledon.[/p][p]Montgomery, 21, had been ranked at a career-high 95th in June 2025.[/p][p]The 30-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krejcikova-barbora/2FyACZYi/"]Krejcikova[/a], who won the French Open in 2021 and Wimbledon in 2024, had been seeded eighth and was attempting to win her first title of the season in a first-time matchup against the American.[/p][embed guid="3b982e5f-2734-4984-ba06-5724062f20b2" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2066102332429914599" social-type="twitter" /]

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