Swiatek defeats Gauff to stay unbeaten

Iga Swiatek

World No. 2 Iga Swiatek defeated third-ranked Coco Gauff 6-0, 7-5 in a showdown of reigning Grand Slam champions on Wednesday in a group-stage match at the WTA Finals.

Poland's 22-year-old Swiatek, the French Open winner and a four-time Grand Slam champion, took only 89 minutes to dispatch 19-year-old American Gauff, who won the US Open last month.

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"In the second set, obviously, it got more tight," Swiatek said. "I was happy I stayed focused. I had plenty of chances in her first service games to break back, but I knew somehow I would use one of those chances."

The victory also boosted Swiatek's chances to overtake Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka for the year-end World No. 1 ranking.

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur beat Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3 in a rematch of the Wimbledon final in the night's other group-stage match. An emotional Ons Jabeur said she would donate part of her WTA Finals prize money to Palestinians.

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