Coco Gauff

On Sunday in Arthur Ashe Stadium, the 12th-seeded youngster took another big step towards fulfilling her potential and, yes, grabbing the torch from Serena. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time by coming back in each set to beat Zhang Shuai of China 7-5, ...

I have to say I was a little bit tired in the fourth, and he was playing unbelievable tennis. That’s what forced the error by Zhang to hand over a break for a 6-5 lead for the American. The match proceeded, even though it was rather dark — and quite humid — indoors. I was trying to stay in the moment.” That was to follow the most-anticipated men’s match of Day 7: defending champion and top-seeded Daniil Medvedev vs. “Now I have a win here as well, so I can tell my future kids and grandkids that I played here and that will be a fun story to tell. Now the 12th-seeded Gauff will move on to face No. Zhang, at 33, was the oldest. “I was trying not to smile on the bench on the changeover. 6-4, 6-1 to, like, Gauff, earn her debut berth in the U.S. She’d never previously won a match at the biggest arena in Grand Slam tennis. NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff reached the U.S.

Backed by a raucous New York crowd, Coco Gauff, 18, defeated Shuai Zhang in straight sets on Sunday to become the youngest American woman to reach the US ...

[Venus Williams](http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=403) in the first round of the main draw and made it all the way to the fourth. 18 [Veronika Kudermetova](http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2665) 7-6 (1), 6-4. "She's found a home there,'' Corey Gauff said. The match proceeded, even though it was rather dark -- and quite humid -- indoors. Tomljanovic is a 29-year-old Australian who is now into her third Grand Slam quarterfinal after making it that far at Wimbledon the past two years. That set point was frittered away when Zhang sent a backhand long. Gauff's US Open opponent, [Shuai Zhang](http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=707), covered both ears with her hands to shield them from what she described later as a "boom'' of sound. After trailing 5-4 in the opening set, then 5-3 in the second, which she was a point from losing, Gauff was buoyed by spectators who cheered her every point and chanted "Let's go, Coco!" Tomljanovic got past [Liudmila Samsonova](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3840) 7-6 (8), 6-1 at Louis Armstrong Stadium in a matchup between unseeded players, while Jabeur defeated No. "It got so raucous in there that I got a headache. "New York is bringing out a side of me that I haven't had since I was 15, so it's nice.'' Just four points later, Gauff was a quarterfinalist at Flushing Meadows for the first time.

Nick Kyrgios is playing much better than he ever has at Flushing Meadows, too, building off the momentum of his run to the Wimbledon final in July, and he ...

After all, at 15, she became the youngest qualifier in Wimbledon history in 2019, beat Venus Williams in the first round of the main draw and made it all the way to the fourth. 1 in WTA history – and her ever-developing game – the most notable recent improvements were to her forehand and second serve – keeps carrying her closer to the top of the singles rankings and closer to a Grand Slam title. – a down-the-line backhand winner for her third break point of that game, then delivered a good return to a corner that drew a long backhand to make it 5-4 and start a four-game, match-closing run. Tomljanovic is a 29-year-old Australian who is now into her third Grand Slam quarter-final after making it that far at Wimbledon the past two years. She improved to 4-0 in Ashe this year after having never previously won a match at the biggest arena in Grand Slam tennis. The match proceeded, even though it was rather dark – and quite humid – indoors. The other quarter-final on that half of the women’s field will be between Ajla Tomljanovic, the player who beat Serena Williams in the third round, and No. “It got so raucous in there that I got a headache. “I’m just glad I’m finally able to show New York my talent,” said Kyrgios, never past the third round at the U.S. “New York is bringing out a side of me that I haven’t had since I was 15, so it’s nice.” Just four points later, Gauff was a quarterfinalist at Flushing Meadows for the first time. Coco Gauff raised a fist, then wagged her right index finger, responding to, and riling up even more, a loud-louder-loudest Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd that was standing and screaming.

Serena Williams, Gauff said, taught her that she doesn't have to settle for less.

But in this context, Gauff has already leapt over Serena, speaking publicly at a rally for Black Lives Matter in her hometown of Delray, Fla., and frequently expressing her thoughts on racial inequities. Coco!” — during the match, when the crowd figured she might need a supportive boost, and that amazed her. it’s amazing that she has such self-assurance and an oldie’s wisdom, at just 18. She also repeatedly points out that she’s married to a white man, with a biracial daughter. “I’m from Florida, so the hotter the better,” she said in her on-court interview afterward. America yearns deeply for someone to step into Serena’s illustrious footsteps and a charming young Black woman of boundless talent seems tailor-made for it. Zheng, who ousted Canadian Rebecca Marino in the previous round, was hoping to make it through the round of 16 at the U.S. Gauff, though still a teenager, has all the charisma, exceptional athleticism and oodles of personality to fill the void Williams will leave behind — when and if, in fact, the Greatest Of All Time takes her magisterial leave of the court. And she hasn’t won a single Slam yet, though she was runner-up at Roland Garros in June, which really cranked up the heralding. She lost the next four games, getting broken twice, with Gauff serving out for the win when Zheng netted at match point. I can’t remember a moment in her career or life that she settled for less.” Sharapova was tall and blond and white and beautiful, with five major titles — versus, um, 23.