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World 180 Osorio Serrano wins Bogota WTA title in 2021's longest final

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Maria Camila Osorio Serrano. (Twitter)
Maria Camila Osorio Serrano. (Twitter)

Colombian wildcard Maria Camila Osorio Serrano clinched her maiden WTA title in Bogota on Sunday, defeating Slovenian fifth seed Tamara Zidansek in the longest final of the season.

The 19-year-old former world junior number one won 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the two-hour, 48-minute championship match.

World No 180 Osorio Serrano becomes the lowest-ranked WTA champion since 299th-ranked Margarita Gasparyan won Tashkent in 2018.

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