This is pretty much all anyone needs to know about defending champion Coco Gauff’s 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 loss to Emma Navarro in the U.S. Open’s fourth round on Sunday, Sept. 1: Gauff wound up with more double-faults, 19, than winners, 14.
Sep 2, 2024 01:24 AM
It was the latest in a series of early-for-her exits in recent weeks, including bowing out in the third round at the Paris Olympics, then going 1-2 at hard-court tuneup events before arriving in New York. “Had a little bit of a lull there,” said the 13th-seeded Navarro, an American who was 0-2 at the U.S. Open until this year, “but I was able to regroup.”
“It’s sometimes more of an emotional, mental thing, because if I go out on the practice court right now, I would make, like, 30 serves in a row. I’ve done it before,” Gauff said. “I think it’s also just kind of a mental hurdle that I have to get over when it comes. ... But I definitely want to look at other things, because I don’t want to lose matches like this anymore.
The player who stunned Djokovic, No. 28 seed Alexei Popyrin, was trying to reach the quarterfinals when he faced No. 20 Frances Tiafoe on Sunday night. The winner will play No. 9 Grigor Dimitrov, who held off Andrey Rublev 6-3, 7-6 , 1-6, 3-6, 6-3 with 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams watching and offering a thumbs-up at match’s end.
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