Coco Gauff won its open opening in the United States in two sets on Monday. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images)
(Timothy A. Clary via Getty Images)
After disappointing results in Wimbledon and the Olympic Games, Coco Gauff has a strong start in his defense of the title at the US Open.
Gauff opened its doors on Monday with a 6-2, 6-0 victory against Varvara Gracheva in France in the first round at Flushing Meadows.
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The match was not as unbalanced as the score. Gracheva has exerted pressure in each of the first three service games from Gauff, forcing six break points. But Gauff survived them all and broke Gratcheva twice on the way to win the first set.
Gauff then broke the first Gracheva service game in the second set to take total control of the match. Gracheva did not win another match.
After the match, Gauff spoke of the return pressure to the US Open as defending champion.
“If you defend something, it means you have won something,” said Gauff. “If you have done, it means that you can start again. Whether I do it again this year or not, I'm going to do it again. Whether in 2024 or not, I will do it again.”
Gauff won the Arthur Ashe stadium, the site of his last American open victory – A three -set thriller on Aryna Sabalenka In the championship final last year. This victory obtained the first title of the Grand Slam of Gauff's career, catapulting the former ascending star in certified star status at 19 years old.
Gauff continued his best career at the Australian Open with A trip to the semi-finals in January. She then advanced in the semi-finals at the Open of France and obtained her first title of double Grand Chelem in Roland Garros while Playing with the Katerina Siniakova of Tchy.
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She entered Wimbledon as a seeded n ° 2 but fell into straight sets To his American compatriots and n ° 19, Emma Navarro in the fourth round. She then Lost in the third round of the Olympic Games In an emotional match against Donna Vekić in Croatia.
The loss did not alleviate his Olympic spirit. Voted by American Olympian colleagues as a standard bearer of the country's opening ceremony alongside LeBron James, Gauff wore a pendant of the Olympic rings around his neck during the open match on Monday.
She will enter the second round with a strong victory to her credit as seeded No. 3. On Wednesday, she will face Germany Tatjana Maria in the second round.
Sloane Stephens blows 6-0, 3-0
Day 1 did not go as well for the 2017 US Open 2017 champion, Sloane Stephens, who opened an advance of 6-0, 3-0 against Clara Burel from France to lose the match.
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Stephens appeared in full control under the lights in prime time of the Arthur Ashe stadium while winning the first nine games of the first round match. But once Bureau went on the set, the match took a spectacular turn in its favor. She has won seven of the next nine games to force a third decisive set.
Sloane Stephens lost after opening an advance of 6-0, 6-3 at the US Open. (Images Jamie Squire / Getty)
(Jamie Squire via Getty Images)
The two players took a break after the second set, and Stephens seemed to have gathered after a trip to the locker room. She broke the Burel opening service of the third set, then was held for an advance of 2-0. But Burel retaliated in a last set which had six breaks.
Burel broke the second serving Stephens to equalize the whole at 2-2. Stephens broke for an advance of 3-2. Burel shrinks to attach the whole to 4-4. Stephens made the favor with another break to serve for the match, leading 5-4.
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But Burel responded once again with the match on the line to attach it to 5-5. Stephens was out of breaks. Burel has won the last two games to ensure a 0-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory to darken the American in a game of non-rescued players.
Other notable American results on Monday
In the only match other than GAUFF involving an American woman with seeded, the seeded n ° 14 Madison Keys beat Siniakova, 6-4, 6-1.
On the masculine side, the Brandon Nakashima that has never been listed upset the seeded n ° 15 Holger Rune (Denmark) in hetero sets, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. The seeded n ° 20 Frances Tiafoe beat his American compatriot Aleksandar Kovacevic, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
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The seeded n ° 12, Taylor Fritz, beat the Camilo Ugo Carabelli of Argentina (7-5, 6-1, 6-2), and the seeded n ° 13 Ben Shelton beat the champion of the 2020 US Open Dominic Thie of Austria (6-4, 6-4, 6-2) in the last USIM of Theim's US. Thiem announced in May that he would retire at the end of the 2024 season.
In one of the games of the day, Arthur Rinderknech in France won via an equality break in a thriller 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10-8) on Christopher Eubanks of the United States.
