Teenage star Iva Jovic cruises to second-straight Guadalajara title

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jovic-iva/bmWvBlnL/"]Jovic[/a], who captured her maiden WTA Tour crown in Mexico last year, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/jovic-i-bmWvBlnL/stearns-p-YsJXLo1O/?mid=jTbYg7wR"]cruised to victory once more[/a], not dropping a single set all tournament. The second seed will now move to a career-high ranking of 13th in the world on Monday.[/p][embed guid="1ec11588-7c96-412b-8be9-1f4d24636822" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgTatzO1WpQ" social-type="youtube" /][p]"[b]It's amazing to be back here in the final with this beautiful trophy and this sombrero. I love it here. You guys have given me so much energy. The crowd is my favourite thing about coming here, so thank you so much for being here[/b]," Jovic said during her victory speech.[/p][p]"[b]I'm just happy with the improvements I've made throughout the year. I think I've shown that I'm a more complete and better player than I was this time around last year[/b]."[/p][p]The American's route to a second career title saw her beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sonmez-zeynep/vZ8lpjnM/"]Zeynep Sonmez[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/frech-magdalena/W6pL8zuB/"]Magdalena Frech[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bucsa-cristina/fkFeyKHL/"]Cristina Bucsa[/a].[/p][embed guid="6a545471-bac8-420e-9ee8-b7811469b3d6" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2101482194510164479" social-type="twitter" /][p]It has been a superb year for Jovic, who made the quarter-finals of the Australian Open at the start of the year before reaching the second week at Wimbledon and the US Open.[/p][infobox id="a9570b4f-da31-4683-ae60-9f920c0540d9" /]