Defending champion Coco Gauff got here again from a set right down to beat Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and attain the fourth spherical of the US Open.
American third seed Gauff’s bid to grow to be the primary lady to defend the title since Serena Williams in 2014 continues to be alive after a hard-fought 3-6 6-3 6-3 victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.
Svitolina earned the primary break of the match within the eighth sport when she beautifully broke to like after Gauff’s backhand might solely discover the web.
A nervous silence then fell on the primary present courtroom at Flushing Meadows and Gauff may very well be heard saying to her group “I’m lacking a lot within the web”.
Three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Svitolina, 29, then followed-up the break of serve with a maintain to like to safe the primary set.
After saving a break level, Gauff arrange the primary of her personal within the sixth sport of the second set and transformed it with an excellent cross-court forehand winner.
Together with her confidence boosted and the group behind her, Gauff then held serve to take agency management of the second set.
After a Svitolina maintain, Gauff served out the set to like to power a decider, letting out an enormous roar in entrance of her dwelling crowd.
The 20-year-old American continued her momentum by breaking Svitolina’s serve twice to surge right into a 4-1 lead.
After failing to transform three match factors Gauff ultimately secured the win along with her fourth, screaming to the group in delight.
She’s going to tackle the winner of the match between American Emma Navarro and Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk for a spot within the quarter-finals.
