Jessica Pegula ended Day 2 of singles action at the 2025 WTA Finals with the biggest upset of the weekend, the fifth-seeded American defeating countrywoman and No. 3 seed Coco Gauff, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2.
🖥️📲REPLAY: Jessica Pegula def. Coco Gauff, 2025 WTA Finals RR
Pegula continued a resurgent second half of the season and avenged a Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open finals loss to Gauff, who is the defending champion in Riyadh, after two hours and 12 minutes on Center Court.
“Coco’s a great champion, great competitor, good friend, so it’s always tough playing her,” Pegula said on court after the match. “It’s always tough playing her. She was the last person I actually played in China, so we know each others’ games pretty well. I don’t think there’s any secrets with this group of girls, so I just tried my best today to execute where I could.”
The victory gives Pegula a 1-0 lead in the Stefanie Graf Group and books her a second round-robin match with world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday.
