Women’s tennis is looking for its new ‘teacher’ this Saturday. Coco Gauff and Qinwen Zheng is measured (5:00 pm, Telesport) in grand finals of the WTA Finals in Riyadh. It was a match that both won yesterday with total authority.
Gauff, At twenty years old at number 3 in the world, he seeks to add the Masters to his title of champion of US Open 2023. Qinwen Zhengat twenty-two in the number 7, seeks to end in a big way an era in which it is expressed olympic champion. The two, therefore, come with experience in big matches and with the security of having tennis to face the first confrontation between the two on the circuit. Whatever happens, Coco will finish the season at that world number 3, but Zheng will finish at number 5 if she loses in the final and at number 4 if she wins.
Gauff She reached this match after defeating the heavy favorite for the title, world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka, in the second semi-final on Friday. The American won 7-6(4) and 6-3. before, Zheng she defeated Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 and 7-5 in the match that opened the day.
Both will try to dominate the final match from their style of play. Gauff, settled on a great backhand shothas been very solid in this tournament with a forehand that has traditionally cost him more, but which he has been growing in recent times. In addition, she fully stepped up her serve against Sabalenka, although she should try to give Zheng fewer opportunities to get on the court.
The Chinese, meanwhile, made an imperial appearance in front of Krejcikova. The serve It was a blow where he was trying to make a difference against Gauff. Its durability right This will be another weapon to try to set the pace from the back court. Zheng, disciple of Pere Ribawill try to continue the great improvement experienced in 2024.
It will be the stage in Riyadh that will determine which season comes to a better conclusion for two players who have taken a step forward in recent times. In the case of Gauff, since last year, even with great irregularity of results. Coco is seeking the ninth title of her sporting career and the third in a season where she won early in Auckland and where she regained confidence a few weeks ago at the WTA 1000 in Beijing. Meanwhile, Zheng is seeking her fifth WTA titleafter conquering Palermo and Tokyo in 2024 where, above all, she won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris, a title that the women’s circuit did not add to that global calculation.
Source: La Verdad
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