Coco Gauff capped off a stellar week in style, reeling off four straight games to close out fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the WTA 1000 event. The victory marked Gauff’s second title of the year, with her first coming at the French Open, where she toppled World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in a three-set thriller, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. With this win, the 21-year-old now boasts 11 career titles.

For Gauff, this triumph carried extra significance. By lifting the Wuhan Open trophy, she became the first player in the Open Era to win her first nine hard-court finals . Ultimately, speaking to Arab News after the match, Coco Gauff reflected on what the win means to her, calling it “really special.” She added that qualifying early for the WTA Finals in Riyadh is something she

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