Stuttgart (Germany), April 19 -- World No. 2 Elena Rybakina won her second title of the season with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Karolina Muchova in the Stuttgart final on Sunday.
The Kazakhstani's triumph at the WTA 500 clay-court tennis event came less than three months after she won on the hard courts of Melbourne at the Australian Open, beating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka to seal her second Grand Slam title, according to olympics.com.
Playing in her third final of the season, top seed Rybakina raced to a 4-1 lead against seventh seed Muchova in the first set after converting a break point.
But the Czech player bounced back with a break of her own to level the contest at 5-5.
Rybakina then regained control, holding serve before breaking Mu...