World No. 2 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/novak-djokovic-iga-swiatek-progress-tsitsipas-falls-23306642" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Iga Swiatek</a> defeated third-ranked Coco Gauff 6-0, 7-5 in a showdown of reigning Grand Slam champions on Wednesday in a group-stage match at the WTA Finals.&nbsp;
Poland&rsquo;s 22-year-old Swiatek, the French Open winner and a four-time <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/all-you-need-to-know-about-novak-djokovic-23-grand-slam-titles-23291971" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Grand Slam</a> champion, took only 89 minutes to dispatch 19-year-old American Gauff, who won the US Open last month.
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&ldquo;In the second set, obviously, it got more tight,&rdquo; Swiatek said. &ldquo;I was happy I stayed focused. I had plenty of chances in her first service games to break back, but I knew somehow I would use one of those chances.&rdquo;&nbsp;
The victory also boosted Swiatek&rsquo;s chances to overtake Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka for the year-end World No. 1 ranking.
Tunisia&rsquo;s Ons Jabeur beat Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3 in a rematch of the Wimbledon final in the night&rsquo;s other group-stage match. An emotional Ons Jabeur said she would donate part of her WTA Finals prize money to Palestinians.
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The victory also boosted Swiatek’s chances to overtake Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka for the year-end World No. 1 ranking

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