Coco Gauff defeats Elina Svitolina to defend Auckland Classic title

Coco Gauff defeats Elina Svitolina to defend Auckland Classic title

Coco Gauff has won 10 successive matches at the Auckland tournament

American teenager Coco Gauff successfully defended her Auckland Classic title by battling back from a set down to defeat Elina Svitolina.

The US Open champion triumphed 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-3 to record her seventh win in eight career WTA singles finals so far.

Nineteen-year-old Gauff has now won 29 of her past 33 singles matches.

Elsewhere, Elena Rybakina claimed the Brisbane International title with a dominant straight-set win over Aryna Sabalenka.

In a repeat of last year’s Australian Open final, in which Sabalenka fought back from a set down to win her first major title, Rybakina swept the Belarusian aside 6-0 6-3.

In the men’s doubles final in Brisbane, Briton Lloyd Glasspool and Dutch team-mate Jean-Julien Rojer won a match tie-break to prevail 7-6 (7-3) 5-7 12-10 against German top seeds Tim Putz and Kevin Krawietz.

The men’s singles final will see Danish 20-year-old Holger Rune take on Grigor Dimitrov in a meeting between the top two seeds later on Sunday.

The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, starts in Melbourne on 14 January.

More to follow.

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