Weeks after their Wuhan showdown, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula face off in Sunday's all-American clash at the WTA Finals in Riyadh.

The defending champion returns to the year-end event in good form after claiming the title at the WTA 1000 tournament, and the two-time Grand Slam winner aims to get off to a positive start in the round-robin contest.

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Twelve months after defeating in-form opponents Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng in the semi-finals and final, respectively, Gauff returns to Riyadh aiming to start her defence strongly.

Last year’s title match against Zheng was a three-hour epic that the American No. 1 won after coming from a set down to triumph 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2).

A topsy-turvy year began with the 21-year-old winning her first nine matches of 2025, only for a

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