Today, Coco Gauff defeated her compatriot and friend Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 to clinch the Wuhan Open title in an all-American final. The 21-year-old Gauff secured her third career WTA 1000 championship without dropping a set throughout the entire tournament, a feat that required her to overcome a significant challenge in the second set, where she battled back from a 3-0 deficit to ultimately triumph in one hour and 42 minutes.

This victory was particularly historic, as it made Gauff the first player in the Open Era to win her first nine hard-court finals. During the victory speech, Gauff revealed the strategic and emotional layers underlying her performance in a heartwarming address to Pegula. “You’re the three-set queen,” Gauff said, as reported by The National News . “So I was det

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