American roundup: Women thrive in Lexington

With the restart of 2020 slowly picking up speed, Baseline is also back with a weekly look at the American players who are marking waves. This week's focus is on the inaugural Top Seed Open in Lexington, Ky.

Here are the biggest American results:

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Champion, Top Seed Open

Things could not have gone better for Brady this weekend when she won her first WTA title. During her run at the Top Seed Open, the new world No. 40 did not lose a single set and was only broken three times. She defeated Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-4 to win the title in her first-ever WTA final.

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Doubles Champion, Top Seed Open

The other American champion over the weekend, Hayley Carter teamed up with Brazil's Luisa Stefani to win the doubles title at the Top Seed Open. Just like her compatriot in singles, Carter did not lose a single set on her way to the title. This is her second title of the year after winning the Oracle Challenger Series in February.

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"I know it's really tough times and being here was really special. Thank you everybody who made it possible."#TSOpen doubles champions @_hayleycarter_ and @Luisa__Stefani share their gratitude! pic.twitter.com/DA5vIvdsnR — wta (@WTA) August 16, 2020

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Semifinalist, Top Seed Open

Gauff's run at the Top Seed Open was impressive with her knocking out two seeds on her way to the semifinals. The 16-year-old was eventually stopped by eventual champion Brady, but getting wins over Aryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur is a great restart for the teen.

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It's going ou---IN! ????@CocoGauff | #TSOpen pic.twitter.com/lCKYebq3KB — wta (@WTA) August 15, 2020

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Semifinalist, Top Seed Open

Unseeded and outside of the Top 100, Shelby Rogers defied expectations by reaching the semifinals of the Top Seed Open before losing to  Teichmann. While Rogers couldn't make the leap to the finals, she did manage to make headlines by knocking out Serena Williams in the quarterfinals for the biggest win of her career. She's also back inside the Top 100 at No. 95.

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Quarterfinalist, Top Seed Open

It was a fairly short run for Serena Williams at the Top Seed Open with wins over Bernarda Pera and Venus Williams in the first two rounds. She'd lose a third-set tiebreaker to Rogers, marking the first time in eight years that the American has lost to a player outside of the Top 100. Still, her win over her sister Venus was one for the ages.

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Serena Williams returns to the court — wearing a mask like the responsible legend she is. ???????? #TSOpen pic.twitter.com/9V2ftysnWR — Gibson Johns (@gibsonoma) August 11, 2020

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