The American Coco Gauff, first favorite, and the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina second, they will argue the final of the Auckland tournament, a WTA 250 preparation for Australian Open, in order to surpass the American Emma Navarro and the Chinese Xiyu Wang.
Gauff ousted his compatriot in an impressive 6-3 and 6-1. Navarro had no choice and only in the first set did he show any resistance. Furthermore, his opponent’s serve was an insoluble problem. Coco Gauff added ten aces and more than 93 percent of the points scored on her first serve.
The 19-year-old North American, third player in the world ranking and winner in Auckland last year, decided to renew the title against a player, Elina Svitolina, ten years older. and he got past him in the only meeting between the two, in the round of 64 of the 2021 Australian Open.
The Ukrainian tennis player, who defeated Wang 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, will play in his first final since winning the Strasbourg tournament in May. Against the Chinese, he required medical attention twice, but pulled through.
Unlike Gauff, who hurt her four rivals this week, Svitolina reached the final with a significant breakdown, because both in the round of 32 against the English Emma Raducanu and with Wang she had to spend three hours on court to pass.
Source: La Verdad
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