Coco Gauff defeated her US Open rival Zhang Shuai to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time.
Coco Gauff raised a fist, then moved her right index finger, answered, and rose, even more so, to a loud-throated crowd of Arthur Ashe Stadium who stood and screamed.
Gough and his fans reacted quite enthusiastically, one in which the 18-year-old Floridian ran to his right for a defensive forehand, then changed direction to sprint and slide into a backhand that pulled a netted volley off Zhang. . Just four points later, Gough was a quarterfinalist at Flushing Meadows.
In June, French Open runner-up Gauff returned in each set to beat China’s Zhang 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday and became the youngest person to make it to the US Open since Melanie Oudin turned 17 in 2009. became American. ,
Gauff has a career-high ranking of world number 11 in singles and reached it on July 11, 2022. She achieved the world No. 1 ranking in doubles on August 15, 2022. Gauff won his first WTA Tour singles title. 2019 Linz Open At the age of 15, she became the youngest singles title holder on the Tour since 2004.
She has won two WTA Tour singles titles and five doubles titles, three partnered with Katy McNally and two with Jessica Pegula. Gauff rose to prominence in the opening round of Wimbledon 2019 with a win over Venus Williams.
“Here, I can’t hear myself scream. Makes me want to do it more. I feel like I’m feeding the pace a lot. I enjoy it,” said No. 12 Seed Gough.
“New York is bringing out a side of me that I haven’t had since I was 15, so that’s cool.”
Gauff will next face France’s Caroline Garcia on Tuesday.
(Inputs from PTI)