Coco Gauff is fighting tears, 8 double mistakes to win US Open

New York – This would not be easier for anyone, and it was not easy for it Coco Gauff. She is aware of the expectations of others. And she has her expectations, of course.

The exit in the second round of the US opened on Thursday night would just not do. And twice the wrong way of its way to increase can only be the worst possible scenario. So after she missed two consecutive cases to break and lag in the opening against Donna Vekić At Arthur Ashe Stadium, Gauff felt overwhelmed and could not hide it.

Tears came. Wouldn’t stop. She covered her face with a towel on the page. When she went out in court after moving, Gauff continually banned his eyes between points, trying to focus, trying to understand the way to win. After just doing so, correcting her service in the second set and eliminating Vekić 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2, Gauff shouted something else.

“I just show people how it is a man, but I don’t think about how you get up after those bad moments,” Gauff said, where she won today that he won to feel today that I would feel in court today. “

It was occasionally served reiterate, including when 19 double errors contributed to a loss that has completed a loss in New York a year ago. It runs a tour with more than 300 double mistakes this season – 23 in a recently recently – and engaged expert for Biomechanics Gavin MacMillan, credited for renewal no. 1-ranked Arina SabalenkaIt serves, a little before this is open.

Macmillan changed the way Gauff hits served and she hit so much in practice over the past week her shoulders.

“The biggest challenge only changes movement and change everything before such a big tournament for me,” Gauff said. “This is one of the most awker tournaments for me at all and above all that, that’s a lot.”

There was three sets in the first round to pass Ajla Tomljanovicpartly due to double mistakes.

But as in that match, Gauff’s defense and superiority in the primary line passed the past of Vekić.

What left her as emotionally how many thursday was?

“It was just nerves and only pressure, honestly, and I’m someone who usually can succeed. It was a lot of me in me this tournament, more than usual, which I expected” Gauff explained. “Basically, what you saw was what it was and I was able to reset it. But it was a tough couple of weeks on and with the court, but I was just happy to go today just today.”

Vekić, who beat Gauff last year on the Paris Olympics, on his way to a silver medal, took place a lot of time to look at her right shoulder late in the first set and had a lot of her own trouble. She was twice as wrong 10 times.

In the first set, Gauff, 21-year-old from Florida, had seven double mistakes and lost four of their six service games, including trace 5-4 – when tears began – then 6-5. But she moved right away from every day, then she was superior in heavy in place.

When Vekić has long submitted for the forehand to stop the set, Gauff’s mother rose from his seat, one line behind Macmilan, and shouted, “Come on! Let’s go!

Gauff headed for a locker to spray some water on his face and return the focus.

He did miracles.

She gathered, and the second set went a lot smooth: just one double mistake, zero service breaks, in front of the crowd that included the star Gymnastic Star Gymnas Simone Biles.

By the end, Gauff was in a much better mood, shouting while shaking the closed left fist when the game was defeated.

She noticed that Biles was at hand.

“He helped me pull him out. If he could go to a 6-inch bundle, with all the presses of the world, then I brought me a lot of calm, with all things, with all things, said Gauff.” She is inspiration, for sure. “

The following opponent of Gauff will be Magdalena Cheekiwho gathered to eject an American Peiton Stearns 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2 to move on to the third round.

American Amanda AnisimovaSeed no. 8, has passed with 7-6 (2), 6-2 winning Maia wrist.

The associated press has contributed to this report.