American tennis phenom Coco Gauff, 15, wins her first tennis title in Linz, Austria, becoming the youngest WTA winner since 2004
A tournament that began in defeat for Coco Gauff ended with the popular teen claiming her first tennis title.
The 15-year-old from Florida became the youngest WTA winner since Nicole Vaidisova in 2004 when she downed 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in Linz, Austria, on Sunday. Follow @cnnsport Gauff lost in the qualifying rounds but still made the tournament's main draw after another player pulled out with an injury. She then proceeded to reach her first quarterfinal, get her first top-10 win and bag her first title.
Cori 'Coco' Gauff wins third round match at Wimbledon 01:15Ratings for her matches from host broadcaster the BBC soared. The eyes were similarly on Gauff at the US Open in August, where she lost in the third round to defending champion Naomi Osaka.READ: Clijsters to come out of retirement Gauff joined the likes of grand slam champions Maria Sharapova, Justine Henin and Petra Kvitova in winning in Linz, her first event since New York.
Cori 'Coco' Gauff on the Williams sisters 01:51"One of the biggest thank yous goes to you guys," Gauff said to the crowd."Thank you for your constant support this week. It's been an amazing week and I hope to come back in the future."Visit our tennis page for more news and videos
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