Coco Gauff-Qinwen Zheng. That will be it WTA Finals, this Saturday at 5:00 pm in Riyadh. The American player defeated the world number 1 in the second semifinal this Friday Aryna Sabalenka to surprise and meet in the fight for the title with the Chinese player.
Through 7-6(4) and 6-3 was defeated Gauff to the Belarusian player, in a match with two different sides. The first went to 4-5 for Sabalenka with serve in the first set to close out the set. The second, from the counter-break achieved by Gauff to the last part of the match.
because the first set is full of alternativesbut for both players and with complete equality. The two created options for each other, with Gauff starting off wrong with her forehand and Sabalenka mixing brilliant shots with unforced errors. The Belarusian’s break was followed by an immediate response from the American, who took advantage of his rival’s concessions and combined them with his good lips. In fact, Gauff was the toughest of the others, but the match was tied at 5-5.
It was then that the game seemed to hit, although the truth was that it immediately reversed its sign. Two serious mistakes at the net by Gauff opened the break doors for Sabalenka to reach 6-5 and serve to close the first sleeve. However, in everything favorable to the achievement of that goal, Sabalenka returned two errors in the middle of the court, she went into a spin and he saw how errors restored parity on the scoreboard and opened the doors to the tie-break.
In it, the world number 1 suffered a mental blow. Gauff went 4-0 on the scoreboard based on good serves, good backhands and concessions by Sabalenka. The Belarusian managed to rally from 6-4 down, but he served a forehand to make it 6-5 and Gauff scored 7-4 to give him the first set.
He gave her more than that, because Sabalenka’s mental moment in the match was delicate. Two double faults and an unforced backhand error in the third game of the Belarusian’s second set gave Coco Gauff a break where she began to get the match back on track. a moment later, The final blow came with a second break, blankin front of a Sabalenka with visible gestures of desperation and with a power he could not control.
Struggling unspeakably on serve, Sabalenka extended the match based on scraps. The sixth game of the set was the longest of the match, with Aryna having up to eight break points to ensure she stayed alive. However, after suffering an impossible row at 4-2, an untroubled Gauff rallied to lead 5-2. Coco couldn’t close out the match with her first serve option, but she succeeded in the rest to make it 6-3 which put her in the final of the tournament.
This will be the first WTA Finals final for Gauff, this year’s champion in the 250 in Auckland and the 500 in Beijing. He will challenge Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng in a match for the titlethis Saturday at 3:00 pm, to see who is the new ‘master’ of world tennis.
Source: La Verdad
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