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It wasn’t that long ago Coco Gough Burst on the scene at the age of 15, defeating Venus Williams at Wimbledon in 2019.
But time marched on and it was Goof On Saturday, he was a seasoned player on court, beating the 16-year-old Mira Andreeva A tough battle between two of the most talented teenagers in tennis.
The American lost the first set in a tiebreak but overcame Andreeva in the next two sets to win 6–7 (5–7) 6–1 6–1 in the fourth round of the French Open.
“We practiced together this week, actually,” Gough, still just 19, said later, according to the Guardian. “I don’t know if it made any difference to the match – it’s all consistency, that’s tennis.
“It’s not going to be an easy match today, he deserves to stay where he is and go further.”
According to the WTA, Andreeva celebrated her 16th birthday in April and became the youngest player to reach the third round at Roland Garros since 2005.
And for the first 65 minutes of the match, it looked as if Andreeva could continue her meteoric rise with a shock victory as she smothered Goff’s weak forehand side with the first serve to win the set tiebreak.
Despite his age, Goff has already played in many French Open tournaments and reached the final last year. Armed with that experience, she reset, dropped her second serve and used her powerful backhand to eventually outlast Andreeva.
Goff will now face unseeded Anna Karolina Smidlova for a place in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Elsewhere in the women’s draw, defending champion and world No 1 Iga Svitek also reached the fourth round with an emphatic 6-0 6-0 win over China’s Wang Jinyu, while world No 4 Elena Rybakina withdrew from the French Open with respiratory illness.
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