Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula win Miami doubles title

"We're super excited," said Gauff, who calls nearby Delray Beach home. "This tournament is one of those tournaments that you grow up watching, and I think it feels even more special than some of the other 1000s we won. Doing it in front of our family, it means a lot."

"Excited that we were able to win kind of like our home tournament," added Pegula. "It's a fun 1000 definitely to win. I think it's a little extra special for us."

Road to the Championship - Coco Gauff & Jessica Pegula

R1: def. Fruhvirtova (CZE) / Fruhvirtova (CZE), 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
R2: def. Muhammad (USA) / Danilina (KAZ), 6-4, 7-6(4)
QF: def. No. 6 Mertens (BEL) / Hunter (AUS), 6-7(4), 7-5, 10-2
SF: def. No. 8 Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Perez (AUS), 7-6(5), 7-6(4)
F: def. Townsend (USA) / Fernandez (CAN), 7-6(6), 6-2

In Sunday's final, they again erased a set point as they broke at 6-5 in the opener to force a tiebreak against the lefty team of Townsend and Fernandez. Set two was more straightforward, with a brilliant Pegula lob helping the second seeds earn an early break as they began to pull away.

"I think we were all serving very well and serving and hitting our spots," Pegula said. "We knew that was going to be tricky going in, and I think we were able to adjust a little bit just in time to kind of turn that match around, but I think once we started putting more returns in the court, we started pressuring them a lot more."