Women's Tennis Blog · Aug 23, 2019
Coco Gauff defeats Ashleigh Barty in Winston-Salem exhibition
Warming up for the US Open, American teen sensation Coco Gauff edged Australian world No.2 Ashleigh Barty at the Winston-Salem Open exhibition on Wednesday night.In their first ever meeting, the WTA stars were even at one set apiece when Gauff squeezed past the former top-ranked player by never trailing in a super tiebreak to win 6-4 2-6 [10-8] at Wake Forest University which hosts an ATP event ahead of the US Open.
“This is our ninth year and we’ve never had the women play at our tournament, and we’re so happy to have Ashleigh and Coco,” said tournament director Bill Oakes. Barty and Gauff even discussed how cool it would be to establish a WTA tournament in Winston-Salem.