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Coco Gauff now has the longest women’s winning streak of the year, recording her 15th victory in a row on Thursday by defeating Tokyo champion Veronika Kudermetova in Beijing, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

The previous-longest women’s winning streak of the year belonged to Iga Swiatek, who won 14 matches in a row between May and July.

Gauff hasn’t lost a match since August 11th—exactly 55 days ago—when she fell to Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals in Montreal, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5. Since then she’s won 15 in a row to capture her first WTA 1000 title in Cincinnati and her first Grand Slam title at the US Open, and now reach the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 event in Beijing.

COCO GAUFF’S 15-MATCH WINNING STREAK:
d. Sherif in Cincinnati 2nd Rd, 6-2, 6-2
d. Noskova in Cincinnati 3rd Rd, 6-4, 6-0
d. Paolini in Cincinnati QFs, 6-3, 6-2
d. Swiatek in Cincinnati SFs, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4
d. Muchova in Cincinnati F, 6-3, 6-4
d. Siegemund in US Open 1st Rd, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
d. Andreeva in US Open 2nd Rd, 6-3, 6-2
d. Mertens in US Open 3rd Rd, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
d. Wozniacki in US Open 4th Rd, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
d. Ostapenko in US Open QFs, 6-0, 6-2
d. Muchova in US Open SFs, 6-4, 7-5
d. Sabalenka in US Open F, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
d. Alexandrova in Beijing 1st Rd, 7-5, 6-3
d. Martic in Beijing 2nd Rd, 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (2)
d. Kudermetova in Beijing 3rd Rd, 7-6 (5), 6-2

Gauff's 15 wins in a row is the longest winning streak of her career. Her longest before this was nine in 2021.

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Gauff showed some incredible resilience to take the first set against Kudermetova on Thursday. After originally leading by a break at 4-2, she lost the next three games and found herself down triple set point with Kudermetova serving at 5-4, 40-0. The big-hitting Russian even had a fourth set point later in that game—but Gauff just wouldn't let go, and she eventually snuck the set out in a tie-break.

The floodgates then opened for the 19-year-old in the second set as she stormed through to her 11th quarterfinal of the year.

Up next for Gauff in Beijing will be the winner of the later third-round match between Maria Sakkari, who recently captured the first WTA 1000 title of her career in Guadalajara, and China’s Wang Xinyu.

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