Jennifer Brady Defeats Coco Gauff to Reach Top Seed Open Final

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Jennifer Brady reached the first WTA final of her career by using a power-based game to beat 16-year-old Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday at the Top Seed Open, the first tennis tournament in the United States since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Brady, a 25-year-old based in Florida, will face Jil Teichmann, a 23-year-old left-hander from Switzerland, in Sunday's title match.

Neither finalist has dropped a set at the hard-court tuneup for the US Open, which starts Aug. 31 in New York.

Brady has ceded a total of just 17 games through four matches and was broken only once -- by Gauff. In their match, Brady hit eight aces and won 22 of 26…