Coco Gauff's semi-final hopes depend on the final group match, as Jessica Pegula will qualify if she defeats Linda Noskova. (EPA Images pic)LOS ANGELES: Coco Gauff clawed out a 6-4, 7-5 round-robin victory over Marta Kostyuk on Thursday to stay alive in the WTA Finals in Indian Wells, California.
World number four Gauff still needs help to reach the semi-finals of the elite season-ending event.
If fifth-ranked compatriot Jessica Pegula beats Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova in the last group one match later, Thursday, Pegula will go through instead. Noskova has already advanced.
But Gauff did what she could with a gutsy straight-set win. Trailing 5-1 in the second set, she saved three set points in the seventh game to launch a run of six straight games to seize the match.
