(UPDATE) NEW YORK — Coco Gauff survived late-match drama to keep her US Open title defense alive with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Elina Svitolina on Friday (Saturday in Manila) as men's defending champion Novak Djokovic aimed to further his bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title.
NEW YORK — Coco Gauff survived late-match drama to keep her US Open title defense alive with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Elina Svitolina on Friday as men's defending champion Novak Djokovic aimed to further his bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title. Gauff 's third-set surge had carried her to a 5-2 lead and triple match point, but she delivered a pair of double faults and Svitolina saved another with a blazing backhand on the way to a break.
'Finally, it's the first match I won in two sets,' said Zheng, who next faces Croatian Donna Vekic in a rematch of the Paris Games gold medal match.Vekic beat American Peyton Stearns, 7-5, 6-4.Spain's Paula Badosa saved a match point en route to a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 victory over Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse, who had toppled Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova in the second round.
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