Kasatkina captures first WTA title at Charleston

Russia’s Daria Kasatkina came up trumps in her first WTA final on Sunday, breezing past fellow 19-year-old Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-1 to claim a maiden title in Charleston.

“It’s very difficult to describe my feeling now,” Kasatkina said. “I feel I’m just sleeping and everything is not real. I’m so happy.”

“Yesterday evening and all night I couldn’t sleep,” Kasatkina said. “I woke up during the whole night like two or three times. I was so nervous, you cannot imagine. I was feeling like, I want to just go on the court and everything let’s finish, play. I cannot (stand) feeling this anymore. But now it was worth it.”