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

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Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 22:45
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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.
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.

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