Coco Gauff wins her first WTA Masters after a great battle against Zheng Qinwen

Quite the end of the year for Coco Gauff, who, at 20, has just left the family cocoon to set up on her own, voted for her first American presidential election and won her first Masters. On Saturday, in the final in Riyadh, the world No. 3 managed to overcome a start to the match to her disadvantage (she was trailing 6-3, 3-1) and the fact of coming within two points of defeat (at 6- 3, 4-6, 5-3) to dominate (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 [2]in 3h04) the Chinese Zheng Qinwen (7th WTA) and win the second biggest title of her career, after the 2023 US Open.