Jovic beats Stearns for the Guadalajara title; Prizmic scheduled against Zverev in Davis Cup
Iva Jovic won the WTA 1000 Guadalajara final 6-4 6-2 over Peyton Stearns on 20 September, while Davis Cup play delivered wins for Jakub Mensik and Felix Auger Aliassime and set up a Dino Prizmic meeting with Alexander Zverev.
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The headline result from 20 September comes from Guadalajara, where Iva Jovic defeated Peyton Stearns 6-4 6-2 in the WTA 1000 final. Jovic dropped a total of six games across the two sets against an opponent who had reached the title match at the same event.
Davis Cup filled out the rest of the reported card. In World Group Qualifying, Jakub Mensik recovered from a set down to beat Ben Shelton 5-7 6-4 6-3 on 19 September, and Felix Auger Aliassime did the same against Arthur Rinderknech, winning 4-6 7-6 6-4 on 20 September. Rafael Jodar was the most emphatic winner of the group, taking just eight games off Cristian Garin in a 6-0 6-2 victory, while Jiri Lehecka beat Learner Tien 6-3 7-5 and Daniel Merida came through 5-7 6-3 6-3 against Alejandro Tabilo. Dino Prizmic accounted for Daniel Altmaier 6-4 6-3.
Prizmic, listed at No. 103, is scheduled next against Alexander Zverev, the No. 2 in the supplied rankings, in a World Group tie on 20 September. Other fixtures on the same date include Alex de Minaur (No. 9) against Kamil Majchrzak (No. 73) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (No. 44) against Alex Molcan (No. 94) in World Group I, plus Francisco Cerundolo (No. 23) versus Mert Alkaya, whose ranking is unavailable.
On the WTA side, the Sao Paulo final is scheduled for 20 September between Kaitlin Quevedo (No. 105) and Nadia Podoroska, whose ranking is unavailable. Both won on 19 September: Podoroska beat Paula Badosa 6-3 6-4, and Quevedo came through 6-4 2-6 6-4 against Anna Blinkova. The Challenger Caldas da Rainha final between Gabriela Andrea Knutson and Lisa Pigato (No. 137) is also down for the same day.