Tennis: Coco Gauff beats Jessica Pegula at WTA Finals
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TimesLIVE
Coco Gauff beat Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2 on the first day of the WTA Finals at Indian Wells. The American, the 2024 champion, thus won her third consecutive match against Pegula, according to TimesLIVE.
Coco Gauff beat fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 on Sunday on the first day of the WTA Finals at Indian Wells. The 2024 champion won her third consecutive match against Pegula after their Cincinnati meeting three months earlier, according to TimesLIVE.
Pegula took a 3-0 lead in the second set before Gauff fought back to 5-5 after saving three set points. Pegula then won the tie-break, but Gauff regained the advantage in the third set and closed out on her third match point. World No. 8 Linda Noskova also won her first match at the WTA Finals, beating Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-4.
Gauff, 22, was playing her first match in a month after the Beijing tournament in early October. She said she had to play aggressively and run a lot against Pegula, adding that her shoes had been heavily worn during the match, according to statements reported by TimesLIVE.
