India, May 17 -- Elina Svitolina celebrated one of the biggest victories of her comeback journey after defeating Coco Gauff in the Italian Open final on Saturday. The Ukrainian star was quick to pay tribute to her husband Gael Monfils and daughter Skai after the victory.

Svitolina beat Gauff 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-2 in a high-intensity clash in Rome to clinch her first clay-court title of the season and a third Italian Open crown overall.

The 31-year-old produced another composed display on clay, twice recovering from a break down in the opening set before capitalising on key mistakes from Gauff to move ahead.

The American fought back strongly in the second set and forced a decider after raising her level in the tiebreak, but Svitolina regaine...