NEW HAVEN, CT - AUGUST 26: Daria Gavrilova of Australia celebrates with the winners trophy after defeating Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia to win the Connecticut Open at Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale on August 26, 2017 in New Haven, Connecticut. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Australian Daria Gavrilova has won her maiden WTA title, defeating Dominika Cibulkova in the Connecticut Open final.
Gavrilova defeated the former grand slam finalist in three rollercoaster sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open warm-up event.
The 22-year-old will now rise into the world's top-20 for the first time in her career.
Gavrilova is seeded 25th for next week's US Open.