Coco Gauff's friend Jalen Sera celebrates American's maiden WTA Finals 2024 win with two-word reaction
Coco Gauff ended her 2024 season in perfect fashion by winning her maiden title at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on November 9. The American's triumph was celebrated by her close friend, Jalen Sera, who came up with a two-word reaction on social media.
Gauff faced Zheng Qinwen in the title contest of the 2024 WTA Finals. Two of the youngest stars on the WTA Tour engaged in a high-voltage battle in which Gauff came back from a deficit multiple times to take home the title. Zheng mustered a one-set advantage and served for the match 5-4 in the second set.
However, the American's resilience was on full display as she salvaged the second set to equalize the scoreline. Zheng recouped quickly in the third set and had another opportunity to close the match while serving at 5-4. However, she was denied once again as Gauff took the match into a tiebreaker and emerged victorious 3-6, 6-5, 7-6 (2).
Gauff was seeded third at the 2024 WTA Finals and defeated Jessica Pegula and Iga Swiatek to reach the knockout stages. She bettered top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals before beating Zheng Qinwen in the final. Her triumph in Riyadh was celebrated by the tennis community and beyond.
Her close friend, Jalen Sera, took to Instagram to share a poster of Gauff's WTA Finals win and called her the "IT GIRL."
Sera is an Atalanta-based guitarist and often interacts with Gauff on social media. The duo frequently leave comments on each other's Instagram posts and acknowledge each other's significant achievements.
Jalen Sera hails Coco Gauff as "Spooky season queen" for Deadpool-inspired Halloween outfit
Jalen Sera most recently interacted with Coco Gauff on social media when he praised the American's Deadpool-inspired outfit. Gauff wore Marvel's Deadpool's full red and black body suit for Halloween while her younger brother, Cameron, donned the yellow Wolverine costume.
Gauff shared images of her and Cameron's Halloween outfits on Instagram. Jalen Sera was left impressed by Gauff's outfit and dubbed her the queen of Halloween, with Gauff gladly accepting the compliment.
"Spooky season queen🙂↕️," Sera commented.
"💅🏾💅🏾💅🏾," the American tennis star responded.
On the tennis side of things, Coco Gauff will gain 1,500 ranking points and take home $4,805,000 in prize money, the largest payout at a WTA Tour event, for winning the 2024 WTA Finals. She will end her season as the World No. 3 for the second year in a row. Gauff will kick off her 2025 season at the United Cup, where she will represent her nation for the first time.