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Gauff took the first match.

Reuters, Sunday night: Coco Gauff beat Jessica Pegula, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2, to open the WTA Finals at Indian Wells. The photograph is that match. Pegula is not in the frame.

The Rocket News · Sports Desk · Indian WellsNovember 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Coco Gauff in action against Jessica Pegula at the WTA Finals, Indian Wells, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. Daniel Cole, Reuters. Pegula is not in this frame. It is that match.
Coco Gauff in action against Jessica Pegula at the WTA Finals, Indian Wells, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. Daniel Cole, Reuters. Pegula is not in this frame. It is that match.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Reuters reported that Coco Gauff beat Jessica Pegula, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2, on Sunday, the first day of the WTA Finals at Indian Wells. Linda Noskova beat Marta Kostyuk, 6-2, 6-4. Reuters said Gauff, the 2024 champion, had beaten Pegula in Cincinnati three months ago. Their head-to-head record was 5-5 before Sunday.

Gauff broke from the baseline on the fourth set point of the opening set. Pegula won the first three games of the second set. Gauff saved three set points in the tenth game to level it at 5-5, then saved two break points and shouted as she took the eleventh game. Reuters said that game lasted ten minutes. Friday’s note, the Lakers over Portland, stays filed. This desk does not print a football score. It does not have a photograph of Sunday’s game in Seattle.

The photograph is that match, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Gauff is in the act. Daniel Cole, Reuters. Pegula is not in this frame.

Wire and further reading: reuters.com

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