Tennis
U.S. Open
10m ago
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — The first night of the rest of Coco Gauff’s tennis career looked a lot like a lot of the old ones.
Point-saving sprints, brilliant athleticism, and a three-set win built on grit and competitiveness rather than beautiful tennis. Across more than two-and-half-hours of a nervy, momentum-shifting match against Ajla Tomljanović at the U.S. Open, Gauff survived 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5 on a night when old flaws resurfaced, but old foundations saw her through. That’s about what she thought would happen when she embarked on major changes to the two most important shots any tennis player has to hit.
