Overview
- Coco Gauff defeated Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-2 to rebound from an opening loss to Jessica Pegula in Riyadh.
- Group standings show Aryna Sabalenka at 2-0, with Gauff and Pegula at 1-1 and Paolini eliminated from the Stefanie Graf Group.
- Gauff is scheduled to face Sabalenka next in a match she is reported to need to win to advance from the round-robin stage.
- The meeting would be their first since Gauff beat Sabalenka in the French Open final earlier this season.
- Gauff said she aimed to avoid repeating her winless 2022 Finals campaign, while scrutiny of her serve persists after 17 double faults against Pegula and tactical warnings from analysts.