Coco Gauff has claimed the final three video games of every set to defeat Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 within the DC Open girls’s ultimate for the fourth WTA Tour singles title of her profession.
The 19-year-old from Florida didn’t drop a set all week within the hardcourt event that may be a tune-up for the US Open, which begins in New York on August 28.
This was Gauff’s second trophy of the season, after she gained in Auckland in January.
Ranked No.7 and seeded third, Gauff hit seven aces on Sunday and improved to 4-1 in tour finals. Sakkari, a 28-year-old from Greece who’s ranked No.9 and was seeded fourth, is now 1-7 in finals.
The males’s ultimate was scheduled for afterward Sunday, with No.9 seed Dan Evans of Britain dealing with No.12 Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands.
This is the primary yr of Washington’s event as a mixed ATP-WTA 500 occasion.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
