Coco Gauff will now play Dayana Yastremska within the third spherical of the Madrid Open.
Coco Gauff reacts after profitable the match towards Arantxa Rus (Through Imago)
Coco Gauff hasn’t seemed in her finest form since January after reaching the Australian Open semifinals. Nevertheless, she seems to be to be getting again in type after she produced a masterclass efficiency within the second spherical of the Mutua Madrid Open.
The American teenager was in haste to beat her opponent, 33-year-old Dutch Arantxa Rus, to arrange for her subsequent match. She wanted simply 52 minutes to beat the Dutch legend with out dropping a degree. The victory was Gauff’s first Hologic WTA tour-level win with out dropping a recreation.
The American has been struggling this season and has not reached the semifinals since Melbourne. In her first event, she reached the quarterfinals of the Stuttgart Open earlier than dropping to Marketa Vondrousova. However, it appears Madrid seems to be completely different for her.
In opposition to Rus right this moment, the American left solely 18 factors for her opponent to select whereas profitable three of her 12 video games. She additionally turns into the third participant after Victoria Azarenka and Simona Halep to win a match 6-0, 6-0 within the Mutua Madrid Open. As well as, she’s additionally the third participant within the WTA this season to win a tour-level match with double bagel since Aryna Sabalenka recorded the identical towards Lesia Tsurenko in Melbourne.
In the meantime, the efficiency of Rus was surprising, as she saved lacking all her rallies. The Dutch has reached three quarterfinals this season and in her first match in Madrid, she had defeated Czech star Brenda Fruhvirtova.
Followers react to Coco Gauff’s 52 minutes well timed win at Madrid Open
Following Coco Gauff‘s extraordinary victory towards Arantxa Rus, followers on X (previously generally known as Twitter) reacted by stating that the American gained the match to go watch Rafael Nadal play 16-year-old Darwin Blanch which made the Madrid fundamental draw headlines lately. Alongside the same old enjoyable banter, netizens additionally took some potshots at Arantxa Rus’ lack of combat.
Try how others reacted to Gauff’s double bagel win on the Madrid Open:
Gauff will face Ukraine teenager Dayana Yastremska within the third spherical of the Madrid event. Yastremska, regardless of damage battle since January, got here from behind to defeat Emiliana Arango 0-6, 7-5, 6-4. Gauff shall be hoping to get previous her final 12 months’s third-round exit the place she misplaced to Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-0.
However, that is the second event and third match Nadal will play since his comeback on the Barcelona Open. The five-time Madrid Open winner is hoping to spring surprises regardless of a prolonged damage spell this 12 months.
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