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Apologies, I had the score wrong down there. Gauff had just held serve following the break and now leads 3-1 in the first set.the coverage of Samsonova v Cocciaretto, one of the commentators said: “You can’t go wrong with a coffee in France,” which is one of the wrongest things I’ve heard this year. That led on from some commentary on a gentleman in the crowd who was tucking into a baguette. But let’s face it, much of the coffee in France is downright disgusting.
Considering how Samsonova improved throughout that first set, that’s a superb effort from Cocciaretto to stay positive and seal the set having thrown away a 4-0 lead.At 1-1 Cocciaretto keeps coming forward, as always, but hits long to give up a mini break. Samsonova then climbs into a big forehand from the baseline but nets it for 2-2. Cocciaretto now winds up a big forehand of her own and bravely attempts an angled winner but it lands fractionally wide.
Persistent Parisian rain has seen organisers scrambling to make up for lost time this week. In the event, all the second-round singles matches were completed last night, so today’s play did not start as early as some of us thought it might. But there is still a packed third-round schedule in Paris today.
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