Coco Gauff is looking right at home on Wimbledon's Centre Court and playing like she's fully intent on being back there a few more times this year.
Then it’s second-seeded Nadal against Ricardas Berankis. The Spaniard has won the past two Grand Slam tournaments as part of his 22 major titles overall. He reached the fourth round in 2018 for his career-best result at the All England Club. The 25-year-old Boulter also beat Pliskova last week at a warmup tournament in Eastbourne for her first win against a top-10 player. ___ ___ ___ She laid down to kiss the grass after the match and then received an embrace from Halep at the net. She missed last year’s tournament with an injury and the 2020 edition was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Halep came from a break down in both sets to win 7-5, 6-4 against the 36-year-old Belgian, who has said this will be her last singles tournament. ___ ___ “I don’t know if that’s experience.”
Coco Gauff is into round three of Wimbledon after an impressive straight sets win over Mihaela Buzarnescu.
And playing on this court, I think is probably one of the greatest privileges that I've ever gotten a chance to do. "I honestly didn't think I would play on this court until maybe like the quarters of semis if I made it that far. But you know, I think 15 year old me would be proud that I'm still playing on Centre Court.
Coco Gauff has set up a Wimbledon clash with compatriot Amanda Anisimova after a straight-sets win over Mihaela Buzarnescu on Centre Court.
But Gauff was undeterred, and at 2-1 up, she four times forced deuce on Buzarnescu's serve, but failed to capitalise. And sure enough, at the end of the set she took a lengthy comfort break, forcing her opponent to wait several minutes before play restarted. The 11th seed endured a tricky moment at 1-1 in the opening set, but came back from 0-30 to win four consecutive points.
Gauff says playing on Centre Court is 'one of the greatest privileges' but she looked every bit at home on the big stage.
Gauff will meet one of them in the fourth round if she progresses. Of the top handful of seeds, Karolina Pliskova and Anett Kontaveit are already out, and there is growing curiosity as to whether Gauff can go all the way. Victory over Buzărnescu set up a meeting with No 20 seed Anisimova in the third round, the draw having seen her avoid the architects of the two biggest upsets so far in the ladies’ singles – Harmony Tan, who stunned Williams in the first round, and Britain’s Katie Boulter, who knocked out last year’s finalist Pliskova in the second.
Coco Gauff triumphed over Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania Tuesday at Wimbledon 2022. Gauff takes on Mihaela Buzarnescu in the next round today, June 30.
Over my career, I kind of lost how to deal with the pressure a little bit. After a two-and-a-half-hour match, Gauff shook Ruses’ hand as the declared winner. It was an electrifying match and I want to congratulate her on her tennis and her fight.
American Coco Gauff made jaws drop as she launched a 122 mile per hour (mph) rocket and 124 mph effort across the net in the Wimbledon second round on ...
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