In a three-hour battle squeezing past Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic, former US Open champion Coco Gauff, into the second round of the tennis Grand Slam.
After overcoming a slew of self-inflicted errors to win 6-4, 6-7 (2 / 7), 7-5 in a match that lasted 2 hours 57 minutes, third seed Gauff earned her spot in the second round on Tuesday.
“It was a difficult match,” he said. After winning, Gauff, the 2023 champion, said, “Ajla was tough, she was getting so many balls back.”
“I’m happy I made it to the next round even though it wasn’t the best.”
In an effort to repair her fragile service game, Gauff, the reigning French Open champion, replaced coach Matt Daly with biomechanics expert Gavin MacMillan, who had already shaken up her coaching staff on the day of the US Open.
The American, age 21, still has a lot to work on if she wants to have a good chance of starting a campaign in New York, based on the evidence from Tuesday night.
Gauff’s serve was broken six times, totaling 59 unforced errors and ten double errors. She is aware that Tomljanovic, who is more ruthless, could have punished those errors in the second round.
As it turned out, Tomljanovic struggled, making 56 errors and eight breakups before bowing out.
Gauff acknowledged how exhausting the tournament had been for her.
Gauff remarked, “I think it’s been really tough and mentally exhausting.” “But I’m trying,” Although today’s performance wasn’t the best [in Cincinnati], I’m just trying to improve with each match.
However, the reigning Wimbledon champions Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner were without any of these issues as they won decisively.
World No. 1 Sinner defeated Czech No. 89 Vit Kopriva to win the US Open championship, paving the way for him to win back-to-back US Open titles with a waltzing victory over the Czech No. 89 in the first round of only 1h 38mins.
“It feels wonderful to be back here.” It’s a very special tournament, said Sinner, who is attempting to become the first man to win the US Open five times between 2004 and 2008 and a repeat champion.
In the third round, Alexei Popyrin will face Sinner, 24.
The Italian, who had to withdraw from last week’s Cincinnati Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, expressed his happiness that he is back in good health.
Swiatek from Poland equaled Sinner’s blistering start on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court, who won 6-1, 6-2 over Emiliana Arango from Colombia.
The 24-year-old Polish woman always had the upper hand over the 84th-ranked Arango, who defeated him with some powerful groundstrokes and deft net work.
With the win, Monica Seles’ previous record of 64 wins in a WTA first round match is broken by the fact that Swiatek is the first woman in history to do so.
Suzan Lamens from Netherlands will face the six-time Grand Slam singles champion in the second round, which she won in New York in 2022.
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Monica Seles’ record for most consecutive Open Championship matches won by Iga Swiatek is broken. pic. twitter.com/iS9VFjfSLB
Naomi Osaka, a two-time Olympian, was quick to defeat Belgium’s Greet Minnen 6-3, 6-4.
The former world number one from Japan was delighted to return to a place she cherished as a home.
Osaka, who is seeded 23rd and will next face American Hailey Baptiste, said, “Whenever I play here, the atmosphere feels like home, and it is home for me.”
In other women’s draw results on Tuesday, 27th seed Marta Kostyuk defeated Katie Boulter of the Ukraine 6-4, 6-4. Kimberly Birrell defeated eighth-seeded American Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-2.
Beatriz Haddad Maia, the 18th seed in Brazil, defeated Sonay Kartal in a match win 6-3, 1-6, 6-1. However, Lois Boisson, a rising French star, was let down. Boisson, who won the French Open in June and won three sets against Viktorija Golubic from Switzerland, lost 3-6, 7-6 (7 / 3) and 6-2.
At Louis Armstrong Stadium, Belgian David Goffin will face 10th seed Lorenzo Musetti, who defeated long-serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7 (7) 6-3 6-4 6-4 in straight sets.
Marin Cilic, the latest former champion to be eliminated, defeated Croat 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 on Grandstand, while Tommy Paul, the 14th seed, defeated Denmark’s Elmer Moller 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 to advance to a second-round matchup with Portugal’s Nuno Borges.
Source: Aljazeera
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