Coco Gauff speaks out as season comes to sudden end despite comeback win

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Coco Gauff’s season came to an end despite pulling off a heroic comeback to win her last round-robin match at the WTA Finals. The world No. 4 was in trouble when she trailed Mar…

Coco Gauff’s season came to an end despite pulling off a heroic comeback to win her last round-robin match at the WTA Finals. The world No. 4 was in trouble when she trailed Marta Kostyuk 1-5 in the second set and was clearly physically hampered, calling the physio to the court. She rallied to win the last six games in a row, sealing a 6-4 7-5 victory to keep herself alive at the season-ending championships. But it wasn’t long before she was eliminated.

Gauff’s fate was not in her own hands. A win gave her a chance to advance out of the group stage and into the semi-finals, but as soon as Jessica Pegula beat Linda Noskova, Gauff’s run was over. All three women finished with a 2-1 record in the group stage, so it came down to the sets won. Noskova was already into the semi-finals going into the last day of group matches, so the two Americans were vying for that final spot, and Pegula saved a match point to win and snatch it.

It means the 22-year-old ends her season with a 49-16 win-loss record and one title, the Cincinnati Open. Gauff was unable to win a Grand Slam title this season but broke new ground at Wimbledon, reaching the semi-finals for the first time in her career. She still has a Billie Jean King Cup playoff tie to contest later this month, but Gauff’s regular WTA Tour season is over.

Once Pegula beat Noskova to eliminate Gauff, the world No. 4 took to social media to reflect on her WTA Finals run. “Bittersweet ending to a great tournament. proud of myself for how I competed this week…” she wrote.

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“Sometimes things are out of your hands and that’s okay :) always an honor to be a part of and compete against the top 8 players in the [world] still have bjk cup next week in my hometown:)) delray I’ll see you soon.”

Gauff also looked back at her season after storming back to beat Kostyuk.

“But I definitely think I made pushes and…

“But…

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