Fresh off tournament-opening losses in Riyadh, Coco Gauff and Jasmine Paolini face each other in Tuesday’s WTA Finals match, trying to recover after defeats in the Steffi Graf Group.

Jessica Pegula beat Gauff in the rematch of the Wuhan Open final, while Paolini’s struggles against Aryna Sabalenka continued as the Italian managed just four games in the loss to the top seed.

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Only Gauff could double-fault an astonishing 17 times and still keep a match competitive, highlighted by taking Pegula to a decider in Sunday's round-robin match in Riyadh.

Broken nine times in the two-hour, 12-minute contest, Pegula won the all-American match 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-2, putting the 2025 French Open winner and defending Finals champion on the verge of elimination if she loses to Paolini on Tuesd

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