Marie Bouzkova wins Nottingham Open despite ankle injury
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- Marie Bouzkova won her first grass-court singles title at the Nottingham Open, defeating Emma Navarro 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-2 despite an ankle injury.
- This is her second title of the year.
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Marie Bouzkova won her first grass-court singles title at the Nottingham Open, overcoming an ankle injury to defeat Emma Navarro. This is her second title of the year.
Marie Bouzkova overcame an ankle injury to beat Emma Navarro and win the Nottingham Open for her first grass-court singles title.
Czech fourth seed Bouzkova twice received treatment on the injury but rallied to see off the American 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-2.
It is a second title of the year for the 27-year-old after she won the clay-court event in Bogota in April.
Bouzkova twice led Navarro by a break in the first set but was reeled in by the former world number eight.
However, serving at 6-5 0-30 down, Bouzkova took a medical timeout after landing awkwardly on her right ankle.
She played on and recovered to deuce on her serve but there was another lengthy delay after a medical issue in the crowd.
After losing a close tie-breaker, Navarro reset to win the second set, but an early break in the decider was enough for Bouzkova to seal her fourth career singles title.
Bouzkova wished her dad a happy Father's Day in her on-court speech after he flew in to watch her victory.
