At just 17 years old, Iva Jovic has etched her name into tennis history by lifting her first career WTA title. The Californian teenager, born in Torrance to a father from the Serbian city of Leskovac and a mother of Serbian origin from Split, Croatia, captured the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open title with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Colombia’s Emiliana Arango. With this triumph, Jovic becomes the youngest champion on the WTA Tour this season.
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