Coco Gauff becomes youngest player to qualify for WTA Finals since Sharapova

Coco Gauff will play at the WTA Finals for the first time in her career as she mathematically secured her place with a win over Cocciaretto 7-6(1) 6-3.

Coco Gauff was aware she'll be in Forth Worth for weeks but she squashed any doubt today by playing a solid match and battling past Coccirateto in a very competitive match. Nobody expected the Italian to put together such a good effort pushing Gauff to an opening set tiebreak.

The American found herself in a tricky situation early as she allowed the Italian to take a break at the start of her match. Gauff was simply misfiring too much and Cocciarertto was playing really well. Slowly but surely she played herself into a good rhythm breaking back.

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Gauff missed some huge chances at the finish of the first set as she failed to convert multiple set points with the Italian forcing a tiebreak. Even so, Gauff was simply playing better at the time and she cruised to a 7-1 finish.

The final set was much easier overall as Gauff was now fully aware of what she needed to do to win the match as she took a swift lead 3-1. It became a 5-1 lead then Cocciaretto pulled it back to 5-3 and Coco finished it off with 6-3.