Coco Gauff won the WTA Finals for the first time by beating Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final on Saturday.
The 20-year-old American fell behind 2-0 and 5-3 in the final set and was at one point two points away from defeat.
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Still, she took the set to a tiebreak and won the first six points. Zheng threatened a comeback, but Gauff clinched her third match point victory with a forehand winner as she found herself in the net.
Gauff defeated the two best players in the world – Aryna Sabalenka And Iga Swaatek – during her run to the finals of the season-ending event in
Riyadh.
Zheng was looking to complete a season that saw her reach a grand slam final for the first time at the Australian Open and win China’s first Olympic tennis singles gold medal.
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In the doubles final, Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand defeated Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States.
