{"id":54684,"date":"2023-02-06T12:31:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=54684"},"modified":"2023-02-06T12:31:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:31:18","slug":"alycia-parks-wta-title-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/02\/06\/alycia-parks-wta-title-streak\/","title":{"rendered":"Alycia Parks Wins First WTA Title to Extend Incredible Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alycia Parks won her first WTA< title, in Lyon, beating <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/09\/09\/after-soaring-all-summer-caroline-garcia-returns-to-earth-with-a-bump\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">top seed and home favorite Caroline Garcia<\/a> in the final, 7-6(7) 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>Parks has now extended her indoor unbeaten run to 15 consecutive matches, dating back to a WTA challenger in Andorra last year.<\/p>\n<p>Parks rose to the attention of tennis fans last year in Ostrava, when she picked up two big wins over former No.1 Karolina Pliskova and Top 10 player Maria Sakkari.<\/p>\n<p>She has continued this form into 2023, rising from No.150 to just outside the world&#8217;s top 50 after winning her debut WTA 250 title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels amazing to hold my first WTA tour-level championship trophy,&#8221; Parks said after her victory. &#8220;Words can\u2019t explain. Just last year, I was in an [ITF Challenger] $60,000 final, and now I have won a WTA 250.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Parks really utilised her serve in France having hit 52 aces in her five matches, including 15 in the final against Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I made sure I focused on my service games today to get through the match, because I knew it wasn\u2019t going to be an easy match,&#8221; said the 22-year-old. &#8220;So just staying within myself, and fighting for every point, and that got me through the match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The serve was not the only thing that helped Parks obtain her a maiden tour title, as she also hit an incredible winner in her second round match against Petra Martic, to which her Croatian opponent applauded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tweener. Lob. Winner.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealAParks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheRealAParks<\/a> \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5kt3RMjoQ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/5kt3RMjoQ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; wta (@WTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTA\/status\/1620806994591612931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alycia Parks&#8217; run to the Lyon title\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The American&#8217;s run to the title was not plain sailing, as she had to face three seeds along the way including the world No.5 Garcia, which was her first ever top 5 win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 1<\/strong> &#8211; Defeated Julia Grabher, 6-3 5-7 6-4<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 2<\/strong> &#8211; Defeated Petra Martic (4), 2-6 7-6(3) 6-2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quarterfinal<\/strong> &#8211; Defeated Danka Kovinic (7), 7-5 6-2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semifinal<\/strong> &#8211; Defeated Maryna Zanevska, 6-3 7-6(4)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final<\/strong> &#8211; Defeated Caroline Garcia (1), 7-6(7) 7-5<\/p>\n<p>Parks is scheduled to continue on her favourite indoor courts this week, in Linz, where she has a first round match with fourth seed Anhelina Kalinina. 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Parks has now extended her indoor unbeaten run to 15 consecutive matches, dating back to a WTA challenger in Andorra last year. 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