Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula will play for the title in Cincy on Sunday.
Chris OddoAugust 22, 20262 minute learn
Coco Gauff seemed just like the tried-and-true veteran that she is as she dismantled 20-year-old first-time WTA 1000 semifinalist Sara Bejlek on Saturday in Cincinnati, 6-4, 6-1, to set an all-American remaining on the ladies’s facet.
Onerous to consider that the two-time main champion remains to be solely 22.
“Sara’s an unimaginable participant, an unimaginable athlete,” Gauff stated of her opponent after changing six of seven break factors and incomes a visit to her second Cincinnati remaining. “She comes out and has a whole lot of hearth to her, and he or she’s had a terrific week right here in Cincinnati, and he or she’s undoubtedly a participant to look out for.”
Gauff, who received the Cincinnati title in 2023, then went on to win her maiden main title on the US Open, is into her eighth WTA 1000 remaining. She’s going to bid for her twelfth WTA title on Sunday.
“Right now, I simply was targeted on my recreation plan,” she stated. “I attempted to not take my foot off the fuel, as a result of I knew at any second she might come again.”
Pegula took out defending champion Iga Swiatek earlier on Saturday, reaching the ultimate for the second time in three years in Ohio. She’s going to bid for her fifth WTA 1000 title, and twelfth title total.
Gauff is 4-5 lifetime in opposition to Pegula however she has received three of the pair’s final 4, together with a three-set win over Pegula within the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
“Three Individuals within the finals tomorrow,” Gauff stated, alluding to the truth that Frances Tiafoe additionally reached the ultimate on the boys’s facet. “How cool is that? I feel American tennis is in nice arms. We’ve a whole lot of nice guys and ladies.”
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