The 25-year-old McCartney Kessler beat number one seed Beatriz Haddad Maia before ending two-time defending champion Katie Boulter's 12-match winning run at the event, en route the title

McCartney Kessler claimed her first grass-court WTA Tour title with <br />a 6-4 7-5 win over Dayana Yastremska in a rain-affected Nottingham Open final.

Dayana Yastremska says she has an allergy to grass, but she became the first Ukrainian player to reach a WTA Tour final on the surface for 17 years after a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Poland's Magda Linette at the Nottingham Open on Saturday.