Romero Gormaz broke back at 4-4, then saved three break points in the next game to take a 5-4 lead. Andreescu converted his fifth break point to serve for the set at 6-5, but the Spaniard broke straight back. Romero Gormaz took the tiebreak 7-4 on his second set point to close out the first set, which lasted just 69 minutes. The return games decided the final. Romero Gormaz broke serve 6 times and saved seven of the 11 break points he faced. He won 63% of his first serve points to Andreescu’s 53%. He also hit six aces to Andreescu’s one despite seven double faults.
She then defeated Argentina’s Solana Sierra 6-4, 6-1 in the last 16. In the quarterfinals, he needed 3 hours and 7 minutes to beat France’s Carole Monet 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. She came out of the set again in the semi-finals, defeating Argentina’s Julia Riera 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in 2 hours and 46 minutes.
The 2019 US Open champion, who beat Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 in that final, had previously reached the final in Hertogenbosch in 2024, losing to Ludmila Samsonova 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. In Cali, however, it was the lesser-ranked Spaniard who found the answers when it mattered.
Gormaz’s path to rank
First stage: d. Polona Herkog (Q) 6-0, 6-1
Second stage: d. Solana Sierra (3) 6-4, 6-1
Quarter finals: d. Carol Monet 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
Semi-final: d. Julia Riera 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Final: d. Bianca Andreescu (8) 7-6 (4), 6-3
Andreescu’s path to the final
First stage: d. Tamara Zidanschek 6-2, 6-3
Second stage: d. Yazmin Ortenzi 6-2, 6-3
Quarter finals: d. Luisina Giovannini 6-1, 6-3
Semi-final: d. Alice Tubelo (SE) 6-0, 6-4
Final: lost to Leire Romero Gormaz 7-6 (4), 6-3
