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eNCA
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Gauff through to French Open fourth round
Second seed Coco Gauff booked her ticket to the French Open last 16 on Saturday with a straight-sets win over Czech Marie Bouzkova. The 21-year-old won through 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) against the world number 47 and next plays Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 20th seed, who beat fellow Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-2. Gauff -- the 2022 Roland Garros runner-up -- warmed up for Paris with runs to the finals of the clay court tournaments in Madrid and Rome. The American held off Bouzkova, who had gotten the upper hand in their two previous clashes in Cincinatti in 2022 and Rome in 2023. Having dominated the first set, the 2023 US Open champion trailed in the second set but managed to erase her break deficit, coming back from 5-3 down to 5-5 before winning the tiebreak comfortably.
The Star
a day ago
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- The Star
Tennis-America's magnificent eight match 40-year-old record at French Open
Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 31, 2025 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her third round match against Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS (Reuters) -Eight American players -- five women and three men -- have reached the French Open round of 16 this year, matching the country's record from 1985. Saturday's victories for Australian Open champion Madison Keys and world number two Coco Gauff completed the five-player set of American women in the fourth round, where they join Jessica Pegula, Hailey Baptiste and Amanda Anisimova. In the men's draw, Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton are all still standing, to equal the record from 40 years ago, quite an achievement given that Americans are traditionally not natural claycourt players. The brick-coloured surface is far more common across Europe where the majority of the claycourt season takes place every year. In 1985, it was also five women and three men, led by tennis greats Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, who reached the last 16. Bonnie Gadusek, Terry Phelps, Debbie Spence and Aaron Krickstein completed that year's American lineup in the fourth round. "About time," said third seed Pegula, who ousted Czech Marketa Vondrousova to reach the last 16. "It's exciting to see. Obviously, you want to see your fellow countrymen do well on the other side, and I'm always actually keeping up with them, you know, quite a lot." The last American women's champion in Paris was Serena Williams a decade ago while the most recent victory for an American came in 1999 for Andre Agassi. (Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, editing by Ed Osmond)
Associated Press
a day ago
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- Associated Press
French Open 2025: Coco Gauff emerges from a tough second set to return to Week 2 in Paris
PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff got off to a terrific start in the French Open's third round Saturday, taking 12 of the first 15 points for a 3-0 lead after just 10 minutes. The rest of the opening set went smoothly, too. Things got much tougher from there, and the 2023 U.S. Open champion was merely two points from dropping the second set, before getting back in the right direction and defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-1, 7-6 (3) to reach Week 2 at Roland-Garros for the fifth consecutive year. Gauff, a 21-year-old from Florida, was the runner-up in Paris in 2022 and is seeded No. 2 at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament this year. Next up for her will be a matchup on Monday against No. 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova, with the winner moving into the quarterfinals. After needing just a half-hour to claim the first set Saturday, Gauff wound up in a 75-minute struggle in the second. That set included eight breaks of serve in a row as the sounds of popping fireworks drifted over to Court Philippe-Chatrier from the nearby soccer stadium belonging to Paris Saint-Germain, whose fans were gathering to attend a watch party ahead of the Champions League final against Italy's Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, later Saturday night. The key in the second was when Gauff trailed 5-3, 30-love with Bouzkova serving. A total of four times, Bouzkova needed to string together two consecutive points to force a third set. But Gauff wouldn't allow it, frequently stretching points with her terrific court coverage until she could find space to hit a winner. On one particularly memorable exchange, Gauff sprinted to barely reach a drop shot, scrambled into position to block back a volley, then leaped for an overhead smash. By the end, Gauff had more than twice as many winners as Bouzkova in the second set, 22 to 11, and also helped herself by winning the point on 11 of her 14 trips to the net. Gauff is one of five American women in the fourth round. The others are No. 3 Jessica Pegula, No. 7 Madison Keys, No. 16 Amanda Anisimova and unseeded Hailey Baptiste. There were three U.S. men still in the bracket heading into Sunday. Keys, who won the Australian Open in January, saved three match points while down 5-4 in the final set and came back to beat 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Keys now plays the 70th-ranked Baptiste. Anisimova meets No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka for a spot in the quarterfinals, and Pegula — last year's U.S. Open runner-up — faces French wild-card entry Lois Boisson. ___ More AP tennis:
Yahoo
a day ago
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French Open 2025: Coco Gauff emerges from a tough second set to return to Week 2 in Paris
Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic returns the ball to Coco Gauff of the U.S. during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic returns the ball to Coco Gauff of the U.S. during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Coco Gauff of the U.S. returns the ball to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Coco Gauff of the U.S. returns the ball to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Coco Gauff of the U.S. returns the ball to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Coco Gauff of the U.S. returns the ball to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic returns the ball to Coco Gauff of the U.S. during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic returns the ball to Coco Gauff of the U.S. during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Coco Gauff of the U.S. returns the ball to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Coco Gauff of the U.S. returns the ball to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Coco Gauff of the U.S. returns the ball to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff got off to a terrific start in the French Open's third round Saturday, taking 12 of the first 15 points for a 3-0 lead after just 10 minutes. The rest of the opening set went smoothly, too. Things got much tougher from there, and the 2023 U.S. Open champion was merely two points from dropping the second set, before getting back in the right direction and defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-1, 7-6 (3) to reach Week 2 at Roland-Garros for the fifth consecutive year. Advertisement Gauff, a 21-year-old from Florida, was the runner-up in Paris in 2022 and is seeded No. 2 at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament this year. Next up for her will be a matchup on Monday against No. 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova, with the winner moving into the quarterfinals. After needing just a half-hour to claim the first set Saturday, Gauff wound up in a 75-minute struggle in the second. That set included eight breaks of serve in a row as the sounds of popping fireworks drifted over to Court Philippe-Chatrier from the nearby soccer stadium belonging to Paris Saint-Germain, whose fans were gathering to attend a watch party ahead of the Champions League final against Italy's Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, later Saturday night. Advertisement The key in the second was when Gauff trailed 5-3, 30-love with Bouzkova serving. A total of four times, Bouzkova needed to string together two consecutive points to force a third set. But Gauff wouldn't allow it, frequently stretching points with her terrific court coverage until she could find space to hit a winner. On one particularly memorable exchange, Gauff sprinted to barely reach a drop shot, scrambled into position to block back a volley, then leaped for an overhead smash. By the end, Gauff had more than twice as many winners as Bouzkova in the second set, 22 to 11, and also helped herself by winning the point on 11 of her 14 trips to the net. Gauff is one of five American women in the fourth round. The others are No. 3 Jessica Pegula, No. 7 Madison Keys, No. 16 Amanda Anisimova and unseeded Hailey Baptiste. Advertisement There were three U.S. men still in the bracket heading into Sunday. Keys, who won the Australian Open in January, saved three match points while down 5-4 in the final set and came back to beat 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Keys now plays the 70th-ranked Baptiste. Anisimova meets No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka for a spot in the quarterfinals, and Pegula — last year's U.S. Open runner-up — faces French wild-card entry Lois Boisson. ___ More AP tennis:
CNA
a day ago
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- CNA
Second seed Gauff survives blip to beat Bouzkova at French Open
PARIS :World number two Coco Gauff came through a shaky second set against Czech Marie Bouzkova to earn a 6-1 7-6(3) victory on Saturday and advance to the French Open last 16. A semi-finalist in Paris last year, Gauff, who had lost both previous matches against the world number 47, powered into a 3-0 lead, attacking every first serve from her opponent. The 21-year-old was in complete control and gave Bouzkova no chance in the opening set, firing a superb backhand down the line to earn another break to love and move 5-1 up. On a sun-drenched afternoon with temperatures hovering around 30 degrees Celsius, Gauff wasted little time, wrapping up the set on her serve when she thundered another stinging backhand winner on her first set point. In the first set, Gauff won 100 per cent of her first serve points but that was about to change. The Czech earned consecutive breaks to charge into a 5-3 lead when the 21-year-old American sent the simplest of smashes wide. The 26-year-old Bouzkova, who worked hard to keep Gauff pinned to the baseline, was 30-0 up on her serve in the next game - two points from landing the second set - before Gauff recovered just in time. The American, who has now won the most claycourt matches this season (14) along with Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, levelled to force a tiebreak which she dominated. "She was playing well, putting a lot of balls back in the court (in the second set)," Gauff told a press conference. "It was difficult but overall happy I how I was able to stay in that. "In the first set I was playing good. In the second I missed some balls. She put a lot of balls back. Every opponent that plays her struggles with that," she said. Gauff will play Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia, ranked 20th in the world, in the next round.
