Coco Gauff took over the last WTA 1000 of the year and achieved an achievement that not even the Williams achieved

ByDavid Mitchell
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America’s number one racket was reunited with glory! After several months facing difficulties with your service, Coco Gauff (3rd in the WTA ranking) smiled again when consecrated champion at the WTA 1000 in Wuhan, defeating her compatriot Jessica Pegula (4th) in the grand final by 6-4 and 7-5, after 1h 42min of the match.

The eleventh title in the 21-year-old tennis player’s career came after long months of facing serious difficulties with her serve. After his significant consecration at Roland Garros, he entered a loop of surprise defeats driven mainly by his service problems.

A situation that prompted her to collaborate with Gavin MacMillan, a biomechanics specialist who in the past worked with Aryna Sabalenka, during her stay at the US Open. Fortunately, the long-suffering appearance in New York, with episodes of crying and frustration in the middle of the games, was behind him once he touched Asian soil.

She started the tour in an excellent way, reaching the semifinals and continued her streak in Wuhan, linking victories in straight sets against Moyuka Uchijima (6-1, 6-0), Zhang Shuai (6-3, 6-2), Laura Siegemund (6-3, 6-0) and Jasmine Paolini (6-4, 6-3) to get into the definition of the championship.

Facing her compatriot Jessica Pegula for the seventh time, she showed her solidity from the return, taking six of the eight break opportunities that came her way and protecting hers on five of nine occasions.

After 1h 42min of action, she defeated the New Yorker 6-4 and 7-5, emerging unscathed from a risky situation in which her rival was leading and heading towards the definition in three sets.

In this way, it became the first tennis player to win her first nine finals on hard courts in the Open Era. And it is, furthermore, the first to win nine titles in a row on the surface since Serena Williams (12 between the US Open 2013 and Cincinnati 2015).

All Coco Gauff titles: Linz 2019; Parma 2021; Auckland 2023; Washington 2023; Cincinnati 2023; US Open 2023; Auckland 2024; Beijing 2024; WTA Finals 2024; Roland Garros 2025; Wuhan 2025.

All the action of the Wuhan WTA 1000 can be followed, live and exclusively, on Disney+ Premium Plan.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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