Coco Gauff reached the fourth round in Paris for the fourth straight year, a run equalling Jennifer Capriati and eclipsing Chris Evert
Gauff’s record in Paris earns Evert and Capriati comparisonsowing to her precocity, Coco Gauff now comes into the biggest tournaments armed with an even more important strength: experience.
On her favourite surface, Gauff, a finalist here in 2022, seems to have turned a corner. She arrived in Paris after a strong semi-final run in Rome two weeks ago, where she lost in two tough sets to eventual championIga Swiatek on her way to beating Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic. She had a much easier match than in the previous round against Naomi Osaka.Despite growing up on hard courts, red clay has proved a perfect fit.
All of those qualities were in focus against Yastremska, an attacking baseliner whose ethos is to hit big and, if that fails, hit even bigger. Gauff’s defence made the court seem narrow, frustrating the Ukrainian who reached this year’s Australian Open semi-finals. Gauff moved through comfortably, surviving a tight final service game to close it out.
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