![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gauff’s triumph on Saturday also lifted her past Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula and Alison Riske in the tight race for the fourth and final spot on the US Olympic women’s singles team for Tokyo, which is determined by world rankings after the French Open. That was just 92 days after Gauff was born. With that win, Gauff became the youngest player to complete a singles-doubles sweep at a single event in nearly 17 years, since Maria Sharapova won both titles in Birmingham in 2004. Later on Saturday, Gauff partnered with fellow American Caty McNally to win the doubles final, 6-3, 6-2, over Darija Jurak and Andreja Klepac. In contrast, she won 21 matches in the whole of 20 combined. She has won 20 of her last 26 matches on tour. Gauff is the fifth teenager to win a singles title on the WTA tour already this season and she will hit a career-high ranking of No 25 on Monday, meaning she will be seeded for the French Open – and the youngest women’s singles seed at any major tournament since Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic in 2006. She won more than three-quarters of her first-service points and fended off each of the four break points she faced against the 48th-ranked Wang. ![]()
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