2 days Ago By Jake Bayliss
Tennis star Coco Gauff was shocked by her eye-watering jackpot after winning the WTA Finals. Gauff , 20, triumphed against Zheng Qinwen in dramatic fashion on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After falling a set behind, Gauff rallied to take the second set 6-4 before the three-hour epic was ultimately decided by a tie-break (3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2)).
The tennis ace defeated world number one and two, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, respectively on her way to the final and fell to the floor after clinching victory. Gauff was rewarded with $4.8million (£3.
7m), the largest jackpot in the history of women’s tennis, but the level of prize money came as a shock to the new WTA Finals champion. Jake Paul's fight purses and prize money for every boxing bout Lionel Messi's dream over on historic night as Inter Miami stunned in MLS playoff thriller "I didn't know, like I knew it was some money, but I didn't know that much," Gauff said. "Oh it means a lot to me.
.. I have bought a house.
.. I'm going to a music festival next week.
So, I don't know, I'm not someone who likes to spend a lot of money to be honest. I don't know what I'll do with it. That's a lot of money.
.. "Oh gosh, I hope I'm like one of the highest-paid female tennis players this year or athletes so that'll be exciting.
Honestly, I wanted to win this for myself I didn't know that it was the biggest prize check on this tour, I didn't know anything about that. I knew there was money, but I try not to never play for this, but that's cool." Gauff gifted her parents a $1million mansion last year and recently splashed out on a new place for herself in Delray Beach, Florida.
After finishing the season-ending WTA Finals with a flourish, the 20-year-old will have to weigh up how much of her winnings to spend on home improvements. Follow us on X for the best and latest in sports news The event sees the best eight female players split into two groups of four, with the top two of each group qualifying for the semi-finals. This meant that former US Open champion Gauff faced a gruelling schedule at the WTA Finals, where she became the youngest US winner since Serena Williams in 2001.
"At the end of the match, when I, like, fell on the floor, I didn't think I was going to do that,” Gauff explained. “ I kind of, like, made a promise to myself that I will only save that for Grand Slams. But honestly, to the way the match went, I was like, 'I'm just tired.
I just want to lay on the ground’." It has been a successful year for Gauff, who won the French Open doubles title in June and was victorious at the China Open last month. The 20-year-old also represented Team USA at the Olympics and reached two Grand Slam singles semi-finals at the Australian and French Opens.
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