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LETAS: Spain's Latorre prevails in the playoff

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Spain's Amaia Latorre won the Ahlsell Trophy with a score of 208 (72, 70, 66, -8). On the course at Gränna Golfklubb (prior 72), in Västanå Castle, Sweden, she finished tied with Sweden's Isabell Ekstrom (71, 68, 69) and then won her first LET Access title, beating her in a play-off. Of the Italians in the field, Marta Spiazzi finished 30th with a score of 219 (79, 67, 73, +3), and Maria Vittoria Corbi was 50th with a score of 228 (76, 71, 81, +12).

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Amaia Latorre, a 27-year-old from Vitoria-Gasteiz, had only achieved three top-ten finishes in her first 29 appearances on the tour. In the final round, she recovered from sixth place with a 66 (-6, one eagle, six birdies, two bogeys), the best score of the round, and caught Ekstrom, the leader after two rounds, to whom she was three strokes behind (69, -3, three birdies), making her sixth birdie on the 18th hole. For the 27-year-old Swede from Uppsala, a winless player on tour, this is her 12th top ten finish in 32 appearances. The Spaniard received a check for €7,200 out of a prize pool of €45,000.

Behind the two protagonists, and out of the playoff by one stroke, is Dutchwoman Lauren Holmey, third with a score of 209 (-7), followed by Czech Patricie Mackova and fellow Spaniard Maria Parra in fourth place with a score of 212 (-4), American Annika Borrelli and Englishwoman Ellen Hume in sixth with a score of 213 (-3), and Denmark's Cecilie Leth-Nissen in eighth with a score of 214 (-2), Mexican Fernanda Lira, who had won the previous two tournaments, and Swedish amateur Edit Hertzman, who had led in the first round.

After 36 holes, Emma Lundgren, 57th with a 150 (74 76, +6), amateur Matilde Modesti, 90th with a 156 (80 76, +12), and Caterina Tatti, 110th with a 166 (84 82, +22) were cut.

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Clara Tauson gets very honest on how she feels about Caroline Wozniacki comparisons

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Clara Tauson admits she was never a big fan of being compared to Caroline Wozniacki, especially since she believes that they are two "very different players."

When Wozniacki won the 2018 Australian Open title, she became the first Danish woman to win a Grand Slam singles title. Also, the 35-year-old is the first Danish woman to hold the world No. 1 spot in the WTA rankings.

A year after Wozniacki finally made her long-awaited Grand Slam breakthrough, a 16-year-old Tauson won the 2019 Australian Open girls' singles title. To no one's surprise, it instantly drew major focus on the 2019 Australian Open junior champion and led to her being compared to the biggest WTA name from Denmark. 

Six years later, Tauson is a well-established WTA player, having won three titles on the main level. Also, the 25-year-old is now enjoying a career-high ranking of No. 19 in the world. While the three-time WTA winner hasn't turned into a major star yet, she has been doing some nice things and has been the top-ranked Danish female tennis player for the past couple of years.

Tauson on the Wozniacki comparisons: I've always myself from that

"I think I've always separated myself a bit from that, because I mean, obviously Caroline, she's one of the biggest influences in Danish tennis obviously because we're such a small country, and nobody really cares about tennis. But I think we're two very, very different playing styles, and I've always said that from a young age. I don't feel like I've had any kind of pressure like that. We've had some good juniors in the years after also. They never really made it here," the 22-year-old explained.

Meanwhile, Tauson is in the midst of a promising run at the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal, where she has reached the quarterfinal and come three wins away from winning the biggest title of her career. In the Montreal quarterfnal, the Dane plays against Madison Keys.

Even if Tauson loses her next match, she is still guaranteed to improve at least two spots next Monday and achieve a new career-high ranking of No. 17.