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0 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Britain's Harriet Dart won the first WTA Tour singles title of her career as she beat fast-rising Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger in the Guangzhou Open final.
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she → publish → final
Dart, 30, was overcome by emotion following a hard-fought 4-6 6-3 6-4 victory in a tense final.
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Dart → overcome → final
The British number five, ranked 115th in the world, twice saw a lead in the decider wiped out by 18-year-old Tagger.
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lead → rank → Tagger
But Dart broke for a third time for 4-3 and held serve to move within one game of the trophy.
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Dart → break → trophy
Dart held two championship points on 53rd-ranked Tagger's serve in the ninth game - dumping an inviting mid-court ball into the net on the second - but recovered to seal victory in the biggest match of her career.
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Dart → hold → career
She took her third championship point with a service winner, falling to the court in joy before celebrating with her team.
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She → take → team
The gutsy victory capped a stunning run for Dart, who came through qualifying to reach her first tour-level final at the WTA 250 event.
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who → cap → event
As well as taking home the trophy, Dart will be rewarded for the best week of her career by climbing back inside the world's top 100.
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Dart → take → 100
It means she will go directly into the main draw of the Australian Open, when the opening Grand Slam of the season takes place in January.
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Slam → mean → January
The hallmark of Dart's success this week has been her resilience and ability to recover from losing positions.
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hallmark → recover → positions
Fighting back against 2025 French Open junior champion Tagger was the fourth time in her seven matches that she won after losing the first set.
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she → fight → set
The title is rich reward for a superb second half to the season, in which Dart has struck the ball consistently well and continued to grow in confidence.
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Dart → strike → confidence
Dart reached a career high of 70th in the world in 2024, having made the Wimbledon third round and US Open second round, but has been languishing outside the top 100 for most of the past two seasons.
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Dart → reach → seasons
Working with former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has been a big factor in Dart's resurgence.
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Working → work → resurgence
Dart has won 19 of her 24 tour-level matches on the hard courts since Wimbledon, taking her overall record on the WTA Tour this season to 23 victories from 34 matches - the highest winning percentage of her career.
"It wasn't fun to be on the other side of the court today - you've had an amazing year," Tagger, who is ranked 53rd in the world, told Dart.
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who → win → world
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