Daria Kasatkina battled against her good friend Mirra Andreeva to win the Ningbo Open title in China.
Russian fifth seed Kasatkina beat her teenage compatriot 6-0 4-6 6-4 in a scrappy encounter.
Andreeva broke down in tears after the match, after losing a 3-0 lead in the final set.
However, she was quickly comforted by Kasatkina, before joking: “I really tried not to cry because I knew the photos would be ugly but I couldn’t help it, I’m sorry guys.”
Kasatkina, world number 11, looked in fine form after committing just two unforced errors in a dominant first set.
Andreeva, 17, staged a strong comeback and looked in control after winning the first three games of the deciding set.
But Kasatkina capitalized on a series of unforced errors, winning five games in a row before securing victory.
Andreeva, who reached the semi-finals of this year’s French Open and won doubles silver at the Paris Olympics, was aiming for a second career singles title.
Kasatkina, meanwhile, has lost four singles finals this year – with Andreeva jokingly congratulating her for “finally closing out a final”.
“Thank you for reminding me that I lost so many finals this year,” Kasatkina said afterward.
And she added: “Congratulations on the final, I saw you cry but you’re going to do a lot. I hope we share more in the future.”
It is Kasatkina’s second title of the year after Eastbourne in June and the eighth singles triumph of her career.
At the Nordic Open in Stockholm, American Tommy Paul won his third men’s singles title of the season and his second at the Swedish event, following up his 2021 victory with a 6-4 6-3 victory over the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
In men’s doubles, Great Britain’s Henry Patten won a fourth title of the season in his first year with his new partner Harri Heliovaara of Finland.
The top seeds beat Czechs Petr Nouza and Patrik Rikl 7-5 6-3 in Sunday’s final.
Sonay Kartal claimed victory in an all-British final at the W100 ITF event in Shrewsbury after her opponent Heather Watson withdrew injured while trailing 7-5 4-1.
Kartal, 22, will return to the world top 100, with a career-high 91, when the latest WTA rankings are confirmed on Monday.
She has 29 victories in her last 32 singles matches, a streak that included a first WTA title of her career in Tunisia in September.
