The 28-year-old third seed, Montjane, easily disposed of the fifth-seeded Michaela Spaanstra 6-4 6-4 in the women’s singles final to claim the title and to record her first win over the Dutch player, wrapping up the match in just 88 minutes. The 37-year-old Spaanstra, had been a strong favourite to finally get her hands on the Coupe des Mousquetaires after beating world number seven Lucy Shuker and fourth-seed Katharina Kruger, but she was outplayed by Montjane.
Montjane downed world number four Germany’s Sabine Ellerbrock in the semi-final round in three sets to advance to the finals after Ellerbrock retired at 6-5 in the third set. The world number eight promptly blitzed the first set 6-4, lost the second but came back 7-5 in the third to see off Ellerbrock 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5. It was the fourth time Montjane defeated the German in the 16 encounters they met.
On Saturday, Montjane and Katharina Kruger of Germany won the women doubles title against Brit’s Lucy Shuker and Sabine Ellerbrock after Ellerbrock withdrew due to wrist injury. “I had a great tournament and I am really excited. It was an incredible atmosphere on court and I felt emotion like I never have before. I played my best tennis ever,” said Montjane.
