Harriet Dart held her nerve and wiped away tears after beating China's Sun Xinran to reach the first WTA Tour singles final of her career.
Harriet Dart is into the first WTA Tour singles final of her career. The Briton battled past home hope Sun Xinran at the Guangzhou Open, and the emotion spilled over when it was done.
It was a hard-earned win against a Chinese opponent with the local crowd behind her. Dart had to dig in when the pressure rose, and she found the answers she needed to close it out.
Afterwards, a tearful Dart said the result "means the world" to her. Reaching a tour-level final is a major step for a player who has spent years grinding on the circuit, and her reaction showed what it meant.
She now has the chance to turn a breakthrough week into a first WTA title. Whatever happens in the final, this run in Guangzhou is already the biggest moment of her singles career so far.
