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- **Posted:** 2023-01-14T10:00:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hobart International (@hobart_tennis) — https://gondola.cc/hobart_tennis

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American Lauren Davis ends six year WTA title drought with a brilliant performance in the final of the Hobart International 2023.

Davis – who has not featured in a tour level final since winning in Auckland in 2017 – became the fourth qualifier in the past 11 years to lift the Angie Cunningham Trophy with a 7-6(0) 6-2 victory over rising Italian star Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

The result saw her jump 27 places in the world rankings to No. 57 ahead of next week’s Australian Open, where the 29-year-old will carry plenty of confidence into her round one clash against Danka Kovinic, who withdrew from Hobart with knee soreness.

“I’m so excited. We put in a lot of hard work over the off-season and really just the accumulation over the past several years,” said Davis, who did not drop a set all week.

In stifling 32 degree heat Davis and Cocciaretto slugged it out in an enthralling first set, with both players trading blows from the back of court.

Davis saved six break point chances and the Italian two in the titanic struggle, but the turning point came in the 12th game with Davis serving to stay in the set.

Twice she fended off set points to send it into a tie-breaker, before racing through it without dropping a point to take the lead in 73 minutes.

That was the circuit breaker for the American, who in the second set dashed to a 5-0 in the blink of an eye to put one hand on the trophy.

With nothing to lose Cocciaretto cut loose to grab a break back but the recovery was short lived, with Davis hailing her improved mental fortitude not just in the final but throughout the week.

“I’m super proud of myself. I could have got down on myself and freaked out a little bit but I stayed calm and managed my emotions well,” Davis said on that crucial 12th game of the first set.

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