Gauff starts overwhelming in Rome

Coco Gauff began her journey at the WTA 1000 in Rome with a resounding victory, reaching the third round by defeating Yulia Putintseva 6-0, 6-1.

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The American tennis player Coco Gauff He offered his letters and the reasons why he is one of the favorites to be able to have a great week in the tournament in Rome. After being eliminated in the third round in Madrid against Paula Badosa, after a few days of reflection and training she arrived in the Italian capital. She a priori she did not have a simple opponent as she is the tough one Yulia Putintseva but in this third game that they played between them, it served to make it 3-0, conceding a single game. In addition, the other two precedents had gone until the third set, being one of them in this same scenario.

Impressive debut by Coco Gauff

Gauff started with the machinery heavily loaded. The ball was running a lot and Putintseva was finding it very difficult to get on track and enter a direct duel against the current number five in the world. They were very competitive games in which the Kazakh served, but Coco was going to get a break in all of them. On the other hand, with the service she barely lost a point in that first set.

At the beginning of the second it seemed that the balance would even out a bit and Yulia was able to reach 30-30 from the rest, but it was only a mirage. Coco refueled and with enormous effectiveness on the break balls of that second set, she ruled with a 5-1 to be able to serve to take the stake. She finally had to wait until the third match ball in a duel of barely an hour where Gauff forcefully eliminated Putintseva at the WTA 1000 in Rome.