Tennis
6:0 in the first set. Goff eliminates Jabeur and moves past Swiatek at WTA Finals 2023
American tennis player and US Open 2023 champion Coco Goff (USA, WTA 3) The WTA Final Tournament held in Cancun (Mexico) started 2023 successfully.
In the 1st round of the Chetumal group, Goff destroyed the world’s 7th racket Ounce Jabeur In two sets in 57 minutes.
WTA Finals. Difficult
Chetumal Group. 1st round
Coco Goff (USA) – Ounce Jabeur (Tunisia) – 6:0, 6:1
In the 2nd game, the match was abandoned due to rain with a score of 1:0 in favor of the Americans.
This was the 6th meeting of tennis players. Goff won the 4th head-to-head match.
Koko and Ons play in the same group with Iga Swiatek and Marketa Vondrousova. Earlier, the Polish woman beat the Czech in two sets.
Thanks to the crushing victory over Jabeur, Goff led the Chetumal group.
For Coco, this is the first victory in her career in the Final Tournament. Goff also became the first teenager from the United States to win the WTA Finals since Venus Williams (1999).
Job done ✅@CocoGauff He got his first win by beating Jabeur in the WTA Finals 👏#WTA Finals pic.twitter.com/SsWOj6zOsw
— wta (@WTA) October 31, 2023
Coco Gauff became the first American teenager to win a WTA Finals match since Venus Williams (1999).#WTA Finals
— wta (@WTA) October 31, 2023
“I got a marriage proposal yesterday so I’m feeling the love here in Cancun” 😂@CocoGauff | #WTA Finals pic.twitter.com/ghiGPeqTVl
— wta (@WTA) October 31, 2023
Source: Sport UA
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