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American teenager Coco Gauff successfully defended her Auckland Classic title by battling back from a set down to defeat Elina Svitolina.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Nineteen-year-old Gauff has now won 29 of her past 33 singles matches.<\/span><\/p>\n Elsewhere, <\/span>Elena Rybakina<\/strong> claimed the Brisbane International title with a dominant straight-set win over Aryna Sabalenka.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n In the men’s doubles final in Brisbane, Briton <\/span>Lloyd Glasspool <\/strong>and Dutch team-mate <\/span>Jean-Julien Rojer<\/strong> won a match tie-break to prevail 7-6 (7-3) 5-7 12-10 against German top seeds Tim Putz and Kevin Krawietz.<\/span><\/p>\n The men’s singles final will see Danish 20-year-old <\/span>Holger Rune<\/strong> take on <\/span>Grigor Dimitrov<\/strong> in a meeting between the top two seeds later on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, starts in Melbourne on 14 January.<\/span><\/p>\n More to follow. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n