Coco Gauff Sweeps Past Ons Jabeur While Iga Swiatek Makes Winning Start

US Open champion Coco Gauff needed just 57 minutes to beat Ons Jabeur in her opening match at the WTA Finals. Gauff, 19, who is seeded third, won the first seven games before an hour-long rain delay in Cancun, Mexico.

The Pole, who is aiming to regain her world number one ranking from Aryna Sabalenka, struggled early on.

Czech Vondrousova, who is appearing at the season-ending Finals for the first time, twice served for the first set but Swiatek took control of the match and her opponent was unable to respond.ALSO READ:Osimhen Ranked Eighth, Messi Claims Eight Ballon d’Or

“Even in the first part of the match I wasn’t feeling like I was playing bad,” said Swiatek. “I just felt like I was making mistakes on the last shots within the rally. I felt that there was room for improvement, but I didn’t need to change a lot. So I just wanted to be more precise and more solid.”

The WTA Finals sees the world’s eight best players this season split into two groups of four. After the round-robin matches, the top two in each group move through to Saturday’s semi-finals.

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