Dart reaches first WTA Tour final after dramatic comeback

Harriet Dart is through to her first WTA Tour singles final after beating Sun Xinran 5-7 7-6 (7-1) 6-0 at the Guangzhou Open.Dart has waited 11 years to get this far in a tournament and almost served herself out of contention during a tumultuous first set against the 16-year-old Chinese player. Naomi Osaka stunned by 18-year-old at Pan Pacific OpenGet the latest Sky Sports deals or stream with no contract.Tennis scores, results and schedule from around the worldDownload Sky Sports app for analysis, news, video and moreA double fault on break point in her opening game left her chasing, before she dragged the set back with four straight holds. Then, as she served for the set, Dart double-faulted twice more before Sun held to 15 and broke her for a third time to claim the first set. The second set went the same way twice over. Dart broke in the first game and was broken back, then broke again in the fifth and was broken back again.The 30-year-old had to serve to stay in the match twice in the second set and she also complained various times to the chair umpire about the crowd. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only. She won the tie-break decisively though, 7-1, and never looked back. Sun, the reigning US Open junior champion, took a medical timeout for treatment on her left leg and did not win another game. Dart took 28 of the 41 points in the decider and was through in a little under two and a half hours. More from Tennis Tennis scores: Dart in semi-final before Alcaraz in action Vienna Open: Alexander Zverev repeats Wimbledon victory over Arthur Fery as he progresses to semi-finals Novak Djokovic: After shock defeat in Basel former world No 1 heads to Paris Masters in race to make ATP Finals in Turin Novak Djokovic vs Jan-Lennard Struff | Swiss Indoors Basel highlights Harriet Dart reaches Guangzhou Open semi-final as Elena Rybakina withdraws with injury at Pan Pacific Open Tennis: Daniil Medvedev punches the court in frustration during his match against Cameron Norrie "It's been a really long journey," said Dart. "It's been really hard, and you know, I've wanted it so much, so badly, sometimes too much, but to finally be here and be in the final means the world."Thank you to my team for sticking with me. I really appreciate you guys. I hope you guys will come back tomorrow and support me."Dart has climbed 14 places to 101st in the live rankings ahead of Sunday's final against fourth seed Lilli Tagger or Kaitlin Quevedo, and if she can win that she is assured of a place back inside the top 100.Watch Harriet Dart in the Guangzhou Open final from 8.30am, live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+. Latest Sky Sports deals or stream no contract on NOW.