WUHAN, China (AP) — Coco Gauff reeled off four straight games to beat Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 and win the Wuhan Open on Sunday in all-American final.
The 21-year-old Gauff won her second title of the year, having won the French Open on clay, and she now has 11 career titles.
The third-ranked Gauff served to save the second set at 5-3 down. She held and then broke the sixth-ranked Pegula to love for 5-5.
Pegula's forehand volley at the net landed wide to give Gauff a first match point and, with Pegula on second serve, she clinched it with a forehand winner following a brief rally.
“Winning every match (in the tournament) in straight sets, I don't know if I've done that before on a title run,” Gauff said. “I just felt like I was really proud of what I accomplished this week, regardless o