Coco Gauff defeats Mirra Andreeva within the battle of the youngsters at French Open | CNN
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It wasn’t too way back that Coco Gauff exploded onto the scene as a 15-year-old, defeating Venus Williams at Wimbledon in 2019.
However time marches on and it was Gauff who was the skilled participant on courtroom on Saturday as she defeated 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva in a hard-fought battle between two of tennis’ most proficient youngsters.
The American misplaced the primary set in a tiebreak however rallied to dismantle Andreeva within the subsequent two units and take a 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-1 win to advance to the fourth spherical of the French Open.
“We practiced collectively this week, truly,” Gauff, nonetheless simply 19, stated afterwards, in accordance with the Guardian. “I don’t know if it made a distinction within the match – it’s all about adjustment, that’s tennis.
“Right now wasn’t going to be a straightforward match, she deserves to be the place she is and go even additional.”
Andreeva celebrated her sixteenth birthday in April and have become the youngest participant to succeed in the third spherical at Roland Garros since 2005, in accordance with the WTA.
And for the primary 65 minutes of the match, it appeared as if Andreeva would possibly proceed her meteoric rise with a shock victory as she pummeled Gauff’s weaker forehand facet with first serves and received the set’s tiebreak.
Regardless of her age, Gauff has already performed in quite a few French Open tournaments and reached the ultimate final 12 months. Armed with that have, she reset, shored up her second serve, and harnessed her highly effective backhand to in the end outmaneuver Andreeva.
Gauff will now face the unseeded Anna Karolina Schmiedlova for a spot within the match’s quarterfinals.
Elsewhere within the girls’s draw, defending champion and world No.1 Iga Swiatek additionally reached the fourth spherical with an emphatic 6-0 6-0 win in opposition to China’s Wang Xinyu, whereas world No. 4 Elena Rybakina withdrew from the French Open citing an higher respiratory sickness.