There's no place like home for Radivojevic after third title of 2024

Lola Radivojevic is certainly making home advantage count.

The 19-year-old Serb collected her third title of the year on the ITF World Tennis Tour this weekend – and her third on domestic soil at Kursumlijska Banja - after defeating Raluca Georgiana Serban 6-2 7-6(7) for the joint biggest title of her career.

It was her second triumph at W75 level, adding to her victory at the same venue in August, and follows her first W35 triumph there in May.

Radivojevic first picked up a tennis racket just 40 minutes down the road from Kursumlijska Banja in her hometown of Blace, and has thrived with each of her opportunities to compete on the ITF World Tennis Tour in such familiar surroundings this year.

The teenager, who enjoyed a good junior career – reaching the quarter-finals of the 2022 Australian Open and going on to reach a career-high of No. 37 in the girls’ rankings – is enjoying a strong transition to the professional realm.

Radivojevic is set to leap 44 spots to a career-high WTA ranking of No. 185 this week.

She was joined in winning an ITF W75 title this weekend by fellow 19-year-old Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, who claimed the biggest win of her fledgling career on clay at W75 Lisbon, and Renata Zarazua, who won on American hard courts at W75 Templeton.

Former junior world No. 1 and 2020 Australian Open girls’ champion Jimenez Kasintseva defeated Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales 6-4 6-2 in the title match for her first title of the year, first above W25 level, and fifth ITF singles crown overall.

Zarazua, meanwhile, overcame Usue Maitane Arconada 6-4 6-3 to win her first title of the year and sixth professional singles title overall.

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