American fights back to beat Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6-2Gauff faces Muchova in first final for nine months
Coco Gauff will contest her first final for nine months at the China Open in Beijing. The American continued her encouraging fortnight after a difficult summer with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Paula Badosa in the semi-finals.
The Spaniard, one of the form players of the past few months, was very much in the ascendancy at a set and 4-2 up but Gauff responded with four games in a row to level the match and maintained her momentum in the deciding set.
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