Aryna Sabalenka recently won the Wuhan Open and is closing in on Iga Swiatek at the top of the world rankings, with the 26 year old winning four WTA titles this year

Coco Gauff's nine-match winning streak shuddered to a halt as her service yips returned in the Wuhan Open semi-final defeat to Aryna Sabalenka.

Coco Gauff highlighted that blasting 21 unforced errors and blowing a big lead against Aryna Sabalenka wasn't the end of the world for her as the American tennis star revealed that she experimented with a new serve in Wuhan and knew that something like that could happen.

Aryna Sabalenka rallied from a slow start to beat Coco Gauff 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 and advance to her third straight Wuhan final and preserve her perfect record at the tournament.

American tennis star Coco Gauff stormed to the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open on Friday with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Magda Linette, her 50th WTA main draw win of the year.

Aryna Sabalenka fought back to end Coco Gauff's nine-match winning streak and secure a third straight appearance in the final of the Wuhan Open, where she will meet home favourite Zheng Qinwen.

Aryna Sabalenka came from a set down to beat Coco Gauff at the Wuhan Open as the American's serve completely fell apart.