Coco Gauff wins DC Open with victory over Maria Sakkari… with fourth WTA singles title ideal preparation for US Open tilt

Coco Gauff claimed to beat the last three games of each set Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 in the DC open women’s final on Sunday for the fourth WTA Tour singles title of her career.

Gauff, the 19-year-old from Florida, did not drop a set all week in the hard-court tournament that is a fixture for the US Open, which opens August 28 in New York.

This was her second trophy of the season, alongside one in Auckland, New Zealand, in January.

Gauff is ranked No. 7 in the world and was seeded No. 3 in Washington, where she partnered Caty McNally to win the doubles title in 2019.

The game was briefly interrupted in each set when a spectator was attended to in the stands one afternoon with a temperature of about 90 degrees and a humidity of 55 percent.

Gauff, the 19-year-old from Florida, did not drop a set all week in the hard court tournament

blunder, second place at the 2022 French Openhit seven aces and improved to 4-1 in the tour final. Sakkaria 28-year-old from Greece who is number 9 and seeded as number 4 is now 1-7 in the final.

This was Washington’s first year as a combined ATP-WTA 500 event.

Despite that equal billing, the prize money is still not the same – and is not expected to be until 2027.

Gauff earned $120,150, while the men’s champion would receive a check for $353,445.