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Harriet Dart will rise into the world's top 100 when the latest rankings are released on Monday

ByJonathan JurejkoBBC Sport tennis news reporter

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.

Dart, 30, was overcome by emotion following a hard-fought 4-6 6-3 6-4 victory in a tense final.

The British number five, ranked 115th in the world, twice saw a lead in the decider wiped out by 18-year-old Tagger.