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US' Coco Gauff returns to Croatia's Donna Vekic during their women's singles third round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 30, 2024. Patricia de Melo Moreira, AFP/File

US' Coco Gauff returns to Croatia's Donna Vekic during their women's singles third round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 30, 2024. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

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PARIS 2024

Agence France-Presse

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1728232332815AFP__20240730__367H263__v2__Preview__TennisOlyParis2024.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="US&#x27; Coco Gauff returns to Croatia&#x27;s Donna Vekic during their women&#x27;s singles third round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 30, 2024. Patricia de Melo Moreira, AFP/File"/>US&#x27; Coco Gauff returns to Croatia&#x27;s Donna Vekic during their women&#x27;s singles third round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 30, 2024. Patricia de Melo Moreira, AFP/FileBEIJING, China -- Coco Gauff overpowered Karolina Muchova in straight sets to win the China Open on Sunday for her second title of the year and eighth overall.</div>The 20-year-old American and last year&#x27;s US Open champion stormed to victory 6-1, 6-3 in one hour, 16 minutes in Beijing.After a disappointing few months by her standards, including surrendering her New York crown in the last 16, Gauff adds the China Open to her triumph in Auckland in January.The sixth-ranked Gauff was under a new coaching team in the Chinese capital after splitting with Brad Gilbert last month.&quot;Today was by far my best match in a while,&quot; said Gauff, whose mother was court-side to see her biggest win since the US Open.She said keeping relaxed was key.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/9/30/tennis-osaka-sets-up-gauff-battle-in-beijing-1613">READ: Osaka sets up Gauff &#x27;battle&#x27; in Beijing, Sabalenka marches on</a></div>&quot;I think I&#x27;m realizing more and more each day that tennis is not a measure of my value as a person,&quot; she said.&quot;I think the more you realize that, the more relaxed these tournaments become.&quot;It was Gauff&#x27;s third straight-sets win in as many matches against Muchova, who suffered a career-threatening wrist injury and missed 10 months of tennis before returning this summer.It proved one match too far for Muchova, who at 49 in the world was the lowest-ranked finalist in the history of the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament.&quot;You kicked my butt,&quot; the Czech player, last year&#x27;s French Open finalist and a two-time US Open semi-finalist, told Gauff.Muchova -- who beat top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the last eight -- called it her &quot;weakest performance&quot; of the tournament.&quot;Coco outplayed me today and I helped her a little bit.&quot;She pushed me and made me do those errors, but I did not help myself with my serve, which is my game usually.&quot;<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/2/battling-alcaraz-outlasts-sinner-in-thriller-to-win-china-open-2340">READ: Battling Alcaraz outlasts Sinner in thriller to win China Open</a></div><div>- Fast start -</div>Gauff made a fast start, breaking for a 2-0 lead and then holding her own serve without conceding a point.The young American was up 3-0 with barely 10 minutes on the clock.The 28-year-old Muchova sent down an ace to get on the board but Gauff was in the mood and her serve -- her biggest problem of late -- was firing.Gauff had three break points in the sixth game and converted the first to streak to a 5-1 lead against a shell-shocked Muchova.Gauff rattled off her third ace of the match to give her two set points.Her serving wobbles momentarily returned but she wrapped the first set up in 29 minutes on her third set point.Muchova, chasing the second title of her career, dumped out Sabalenka and then Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen to reach the title decider.She belatedly found some of that form at the start of the second set and broke for 2-0, only for Gauff to break back immediately on the way to a comfortable win.Gauff was rampant in the final but got there the hard way, fighting from a set down in the semi-finals and in the last eight.She is the second American woman to win the China Open, following in the footsteps of Serena Williams.&quot;Honestly, anytime my name is mentioned in whatever sentence hers is, it&#x27;s a huge honor to do something no one has ever done before,&quot; she said.&quot;It is pretty cool.&quot;<div>© Agence France-Presse</div><div></div>

Coco Gauff overpowered Karolina Muchova in straight sets to win the China Open on Sunday for her second title of the year and eighth overall.

Coco Gauff overpowered Karolina Muchova in straight sets to win the China Open on Sunday for her second title of the year and eighth overall.

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Tennis: Ruthless Gauff beats Muchova in straight sets to win China Open

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Peter Stebbings

Published Oct 07, 2024 12:32 AM PHT

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