After the thrilling Brazilian final, Luisa Stefani took a huge leap in the women’s tennis world ranking published on Monday (24) by adding the points of the WTA 1000 title in Guadalajara, Mexico, won alongside Australian Storm Sanders. The tournament is one of the biggest of the year, losing only to all four Grand Slam tournaments.

The Olympic bronze medalist’s duo with her partner defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia of São Paulo and Kazakh Anna Danilina by 7/6 (7-4) 7 (7-2) 10/8, after 1h59min.

Luisa climbed 162 places and appeared at 55th place in the WTA table, the Association of Professional Tennis Players, returning to the top 100 after her knee injury and surgery, which forced her to take a sabbatical year.

Luisa and Storm have played the second tournament together and have already won their first title. The paulistana got its fifth cup. This year she won the WTA 250 in Chennai, India, her first tournament after returning from knee surgery after a year off, alongside Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski.

Luisa won her second WTA 1000 trophy. Last year, she lifted the trophy in Montreal, Canada alongside Dabrowski. She was also a WTA 1000 runner-up in Cincinnati, USA and Miami, USA with North American Hayley Carter. With the title, Luisa will move from 217th place to the top 60 in the world. The Brazilian was in the top 10 at the start of the season.

“It was so much fun to play in front of you all week. Bia and Anna had a great week, they reached the final, an incredible achievement. Bia is a huge inspiration for Brazilian tennis and for me, this is not the first time that I “I’m proud of her. , what she has done and to bring Brazilian tennis to the next level. I want to thank Storm for the two weeks at the start of my comeback, she trusted me, I’m proud of us. We had two games (this Sunday), and you were there, like I was the boss on the field. It was a great week, my first here, I felt at home. I also want to thank my whole team,” said the Brazilian, who is sponsored by Fila, Faros Private XP and XP Investimentos and has the backing of Liga Tênis 10 and Bolsa Atleta.

Luisa commented on the tension in the tiebreak: “There were a lot of ups and downs. We had a chance. I served 5-3. Lots of tension. I haven’t had that feeling for a long time. Serving for the game It was good to be in that position. Set and we had to regroup.”

Luisa also adds accomplishments in 2019 at WTA 250 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and 2020 in Lexington, USA, both with Hayley Carter.