Shooting star Coco Gauff has reached the round of 16 of the US Open in New York after improving his performance and is raising hopes of an American home win. The sixth in the world rankings prevailed on Friday evening (local time) 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0 against Belgian Elise Mertens and will meet former world number one Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark in the round of 16.
“I never thought I would compete against her, but it’s not a question of generation, she’s still in shape and very strong,” said Gauff (19) about Wozniacki (33), who recently came out of a long baby break had returned and caused a sensation in Flushing Meadows: “She has a lot of fans, but I hope that the audience will help me again.”
In the quarter-finals, the showdown with defending champion Iga Swiatek, who will face former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia/No. 20) in her round of 16, could then wait.
Meanwhile, the surprising end came from Jelena Rybakina (Kazakhstan), fourth in the world rankings. The 2022 Wimbledon winner lost to Romanian Sorana Cirstea 3: 6, 7: 6 (8: 6), 4: 6 and has to wait for her first round of 16 participation in New York. In the next round, Cirstea meets Olympic champion Belinda Bencic (Switzerland), who won 7:6 (7:1), 2:6, 6:3 against Zhu Lin from China.
2023-09-02 02:35:14
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