In the fifth ball of the match, of the championship, Coco Gauff sentenced the WTA Finals in Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia. He was a foot and a half out of the match, but he rejoined several times to defeat China’s Qinwen Zheng, who became the new champion of the last Masters of the best eight of the season.
At 20 years old, champion. Although the Russian Maria Sharapova Set record for precocity at 17 years old in 2004. Beaten by world No. 3 the Paris Olympic gold medalist, 22 years old and No. 7 (he will be No. 5) by 3-6, 6-4 and 7- 6 (7-2 ) in 3h.04′.
An epic match, long-lasting, fluid script change. A lot of emotions in the ending. Zheng, who dominated the second set 0-2, but lost it, served for the title at 5-4, but suffered from nerves and paid dearly. He survived two match points with Gauff 6-5, triggering a tiebreak.
Join this crown, which will also be rewarded financially $4,805,000at the US Open in 2023. He’s a born predator in the finals, he’s won 9 out of 10, just missing out on Roland Garros 2022.
An exercise in resilience for someone who declared himself out of position in August, with no expected results, accumulating more double mistakes than successes. He changed coaches, left Brad Gilbert on the sidelines and decided to join Matt Daly and continuing as a French advisor Jean-Christophe Faurel. A change of course that gave the first good result at the WTA Finals.
Lost one of the five games played. Debutant Zheng was also unable to make a full performance, as he debuted with a loss. But Gauff had a very important tournament, since he left the No. 1 on the way (Aryna Sabalenka) and no. 2 (Iga Swiatek).
The North American was holding the counter. He knows how to bounce back after every little crisis. He went 0-5 partial from 3-3 in the first set to 0-2 in the second. He seemed on the verge of a TKO, but he came back. A fighter, he also twice recovered from a break down in the third and final round.
He persisted, so in the end he doubted Zheng, the pupil of the man who led him to victory at the US Open, Catalan coach Pere Riba. He took away from his rival the honor of the first ‘teacher’ in Asia. She had faith, she overcame the adversity of a match worthy of a WTA Tour finale.
Although the campaign will end, at the women’s level, in the dispute of Billie Jean King Finals, from November 13 to 20 at the Martín Carpen Sports Palace in Malaga.
Coco Gauff, who finished a campaign with 54 games won and 17 losses, was absent. Three titles: before the WTA Finals, Auckland and Beijing. Reclaim the trophy for the United States, with no ‘masters’ since Serena Williams the double was made in 2013 and 2014. Among the witnesses, the only Spanish woman to appear on record, Garbine Muguruza, who served as the event’s sports director.
In his third participation, the victory for Gauff, who improved the 2023 semis will continue to test. He was announced as a finalist at the Australian Open at the start of the campaign. It was confirmed as one of the best moments
Source: La Verdad
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