Ons Jabeur has praised the fighting spirit of Coco Gauff following the American's comeback win over the Tunisian tennis star in Tuesday's French Open quarter-finals. Gauff fell behind in the first set 4-6 but came back in the next two sets, winning 6-2, 6-3. Jabeur has now lost back-to-back French Open quarter-finals but it did not stop her from waxing lyrical about Gauff who has reached...
Ons Jabeur made it back-to-back quarter-finals appearances at the French Open after defeating Clara Tauson 6-4, 6-4 in the fourth round on Sunday. The Tunisian eighth seed broke her Danish opponent's serve in the third game of the first set while the fourth game went to deuce 10 times before Jabeur finally held serve at the ninth attempt. Jabeur broke Tauson in the first game of...
American teenage tennis star Coco Gauff reached her highest-ever spot on the newly-released world tennis ranking on Monday. The 19-year-old, who recently defeated Belarusian star Aryna Sabalenka to win the US Open and claim her first Grand Slam title, moved three places to third on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Gauff overtakes compatriot Jessica Pegula, who drops two places and is currently fifth in the...
Coco Gauff has thanked those who doubted abilities after coming from a set down to defeat new world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the US Open women's singles on Saturday. The 19-year-old American was not at her best in the first set as Sabalenka broke Gauff thrice to dispatch her 6-2 in 40 minutes. Guaff however toughened up in the second set, breaking...
Coco Gauff showed grit and class as she defeated Karolina Muchova in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 in an almost two-hour battle of reach her first US Open final. The 19-year-old has been solid form at Flushing Meadows, getting the better of the likes of 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. Tenth seed Muchova however proved to be Gauff's biggest...
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