Coco Gauff defeated top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka on Friday to set up a showdown with Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in the final of the WTA Finals. Gauff generated six break points to Sabalenka's four in the 7-6 (4),

Coco Gauff may be saving the best for last. In what is shaping up to be potentially her best week of the season, Coco Gauff beat the world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in two turbulent sets Friday to set up a championship battle against the Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen this weekend at the WTA Tour Finals.

American Coco Gauff defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(4) 6-3 in the semi-finals of the WTA Finals on Friday and will take on China's Zheng Qinwen in the showpiece match.Sabalenka will end the year at the top of the world rankings but her bid for a maiden WTA Finals title was ended by Gauff who reached her first final at the end-of-season event.

With a straight-sets win against World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff will take on red-hot Zheng Qinwen (7 p.m. start in Riyadh) for the WTA Finals championship.

On Friday, Aryna Sabalenka (No. 1 in the world) meets Coco Gauff (No. 3) in the semifinals at the Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara.Sabalenka’s last competition was a win, 6-2, 6-2, over Ashlyn

Coco Gauff is ending the season on an absolute high, taking down world number one Aryna Sabalenka to secure her spot in the WTA Finals against Zheng Qinwen. After

Coco Gauff beat defending champion Iga Swiatek 6-3 6-4 at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Tuesday to reach the semi-finals and ensure Aryna Sabalenka would finish the year as world number one. It was Gauff's second win over Swiatek in 13 meetings.

Aryna Sabalenka will end the year as world No. 1 for the first time, 12 months on from surrendering the honor in the final stages of the season. Iga Swiatek’s 3-6, 4-6 defeat to Coco Gauff at the WTA Tour Finals in Riyadh,