After taking the tennis world by storm with stunning performances at Wimbledon and the US Open this summer, Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff now has a tournament title to boot.
The American teenager won her first WTA title in Linz, Austria by beating former Roland-Garros winner Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on Sunday. The 15-year-old American is the youngest winner of a WTA event since Czech Nicole Vaidisova in 2004.
🏆 @CocoGauff is your @WTALinz champion! 🏆
— WTA (@WTA) October 13, 2019
The 15-year-old defeats Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to claim her first WTA title! pic.twitter.com/i8ArqH6RnG