![]() In a battle between the youngest player left in the draw, Gauff, and the oldest, Zhang, it was the Chinese player who looked sharper at the outset, breaking for a 2-0 lead in the first set.īut 12th seed Gauff kept her poise to break back and fired a two-handed backhand winner to claim the first set and electrify the supportive crowd. "I can't believe you guys were chanting like that. "I mean, Ashe Stadium chanting my name, I was trying not to smile on the bench on the last changeover, I was trying to stay in the moment. ![]() ![]() "It feels insane," Gauff said in an on-court interview after sealing the win to set up a showdown with in-form Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia (28) on Tuesday. With Serena Williams' loss on Friday night likely signaling the end of her legendary career, American tennis fans are eager to see someone emerge in her place and many have put their hopes on the amiable, hard-serving Gauff. (Reuters) -American teenager Coco Gauff (18) used her superior speed to overcome a second set deficit and pull off a thrilling 7-5 7-5 win over China's Zhang Shuai (33) to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time.
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