Nov 12, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Coco Gauff opened the 2024 season with the title in Auckland. And while there were ups-and-downs along the way, she finished the season just as she started, with another victory, by winning the WTA Finals at the year-end event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. It was a statement-making […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Coco Gauff won the WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final Saturday. The 20-year-old American came from 2-0 and 5-3 down in the final set and was two points from defeat at one stage. Yet she took […]
She had seen off both the world number one and two in Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek en route to the final, and piled the pressure on her opponent in the early stages against Zheng. In what was only their second meeting – Gauff having won their first in straight sets in Rome earlier this […]
Coco Gauff became the youngest player to win the WTA Finals in 20 years after edging Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng in an epic season-ending finale. Source link
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Coco Gauff defeated top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka on Friday to set up a showdown with Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in the final of the WTA Finals. Gauff generated six break points to Sabalenka’s four in the 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory and built on early momentum in the opening set’s tiebreak that she […]
Sabalenka secured the year-end world number one ranking this week after a stellar season, but she was frustrated, error-prone and annoyed throughout against Gauff. Her forehand faltered – such a crucial component of her game – with 16 unforced errors coming off it in the first set. She and Gauff traded breaks early on but […]
Coco Gauff put in a sensational display to beat world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka and book a place in the final of the WTA Finals Riyadh, where she will face Qinwen Zheng. Source link
Eighth seed Krejcikova’s victory was bad news for Swiatek, who has been eliminated at the group stage of the WTA Finals for the first time since 2021. Swiatek has been the dominant player on the Tour for the majority of the past two years and started this season strongly by winning the Doha, Indian Wells, […]
Barbora Krejcikova saved a remarkable 11 out of 12 break points to defeat Coco Gauff 7-5 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals at the WTA Finals in Riyadh as the winner of the Orange Group and dump defending champion Iga Swiatek out. Source link
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