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| Reuters |
Top-seeded Coco Gauff successfully defended her ASB Classic title and captured her seventh championship overall with a 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 victory over second-seeded Elina Svitolina on Sunday in Auckland, New Zealand.
Gauff overcame losing her first set of the tournament by dispatching the Ukrainian in two hours, 35 minutes. She became the fourth player to win consecutive WTA titles at the ASB Classic, joining Patty Fendick (1988-89), Eleni Daniilidou (2003-04) and Julia Goerges (2018-19).
