Coco Gauff took down Belgium’s Elise Mertens 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 to book a spot in the U.S. Open fourth round on Friday.
The No. 6 seed Gauff, who is one of the favorites to win the whole tournament, dropped the first set in an awfully convincing fashion to No. 32 seed Mertens.
Much credit to the 27-year-old Mertens for playing extremely consistently and picking the right shots to strike down the line. Gauff, however, was contributing many unforced errors. After a tight first six games of the second set, Gauff broke through to give herself a 4-3 lead and close out the set. The confidence in the teenager who had won two U.S. Open warm up events had finally shined through.
Gauff cleaned up her shakey forehand misses and serve to capture the third set and close out the match handily.
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