Pegula powers to first grass-court title in Berlin

Jessica Pegula saved five match points against Anna Kalinskaya to win her first title on grass in the Wimbledon warm-up WTA tournament in Berlin on Sunday.

Fourth seed Pegula pulled through 6-7 (0/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) after earlier ousting top seed Coco Gauff in the semifinal which had been suspended overnight.

Pegula had been leading fellow American Gauff 7-5, 6-6 (3/1) when semifinal action was halted on Saturday night.

She returned to court on Sunday morning to win four of five points to oust doubles partner Gauff 7-5, 7-6 (7/2) and reach her first grass-court final.