Tennis: Coco Gauff beats Jessica Pegula to win Wuhan Open

Coco Gauff became the first player to win her first nine hard court finals as she beat Jessica Pegula in straight sets to win the Wuhan Open.

The 21-year-old world number three won 6-4 7-5 against her American compatriot to claim her 11th career singles title in total.

"I'd like to thank my team, it was a great Asian swing [of tournaments]," Gauff said in her victory speech.

"I'm going to call JC [her coach Jean-Christophe Faurel] out here; he originally didn't want me to come because I had a tough US Open but I had to prove him wrong.

"I'm a very stubborn person, so maybe he said that on purpose for me to have a good result here."

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