Third seed Coco Gauff defeated fourth seed Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 to win the biggest title of her career at the Mubadala Citi DC Open.
After making an impressive 3-0 start, Gauff lost two games in a row, but claimed two more breaks to ease through the first set. In the second set, Gauff twice recovered from a break down and dominated the last few games to clinch victory on her second match point.
Gauff defeated three Top 20 opponents en route to the title – No.15 Belinda Bencic, No.