Coco Gauff kept her chances of advancing into the playoff portion of the WTA Finals alive with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Italy's Jasmine Paolini on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Gauff, who was sloppy in her loss to fellow American Jessica Pegula in their group-play opener on Sunday, had a much more dominant showing this time.

She converted 4 of 7 break points while saving 4 of the 5 she faced. Gauff had twice as many winners (14 to 7), 10 less unforced errors (30 to 40) and just three double faults, well less than the 17 she had vs. Pegula.

"I'm really happy with how I was able to turn it around," said Gauff, the No. 3 seed. "Only three double faults -- 17 is a big difference. It just shows I have the ability to serve like this. Just going back to the basics, trying not to overcomplicate t

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