Coco Gauff gained the WTA Finals for the primary time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) within the ultimate on Saturday.
The 20-year-old American got here from 2-0 and 5-3 down within the ultimate set and was two factors from defeat at one stage.
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But she took the set to a tiebreaker and gained the primary six factors. Zheng threatened a comeback however Gauff took the victory off her third match level with a forehand winner as she got here into the web.
Gauff beat the world’s prime two gamers – Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek – on her run to the ultimate on the season-ending occasion in
 Riyadh.
Zheng was trying to full a season through which she reached a grand slam ultimate for the primary time on the Australian Open and delivered China’s first Olympic tennis singles gold medal.
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Within the doubles ultimate, Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand beat Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the US.
