Dart was down 5-4 in the second set when she faced three match points on her own serve, and she saved all three to hold. He then took the tiebreak 7-1 and won the deciding set without dropping a game.
“It’s been a really long journey. I wanted it so much, so much, sometimes too much,” Dart said after the game. “It means the world to finally be here.”
Tagger only needed 52 minutes. Austria’s Tager, the No. 4 seed, defeated Spain’s Caitlin Quevedo 6-2, 6-0. She held all seven of her service games without a break point. He also won all 19 points he played on his first serve.
The final will be their first meeting on tour.
