Hungarian Ladies Open: Yulia Putintseva claims second career title, after win over Angelina Kalinina

Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva won her second career WTA title on Sunday, winning in sets over Angelina Kalinina in the final of the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The top seed and world number 42 triumphed 6-4, 6-0 over her Ukrainian opponent to add the Budapest crown to her maiden title at Nuremberg in 2019.

Putintseva enjoyed a dominant run to the final, and over the course of the tournament, she dropped just two sets, with the first one coming against Kateryna Kozlova in the quarter-final and the second one being a 3-6 defeat in the second set of the semi-final at the hands of Dalma Galfi.

Putintseva now heads for Tokyo to compete in the Olympics which start on Friday.