Coco Gauff likes a fast-paced match, and she got the opposite in the first round of the U.S. Open against German qualifier Laura Siegemund.
It resulted in a tense, two-hour and 51-minute battle in which both playersBut Gauff overcame her first-set struggles and pulled out a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Siegemund at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday night, in front of an animated audience that featured Barack and Michelle Obama.
Asked by former player and current broadcaster Pam Shriver to describe what it was like to play that match, Gauff was blunt.There was nothing easy about this matchup for Gauff, who let Siegemund dictate the pace and dominate at the net in the first set.JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POSTSiegemund won 10 of 13 net points in the first frame, attacking with a precision that Gauff struggled to answer.
Gauff expressed her displeasure with Siegemund’s deliberate, sluggish pace after she had taken a 3-0 lead in the third set. “I don’t care what she’s doing on her serve, on my serve she has to be ready,” Gauff could be seen saying to the umpire.
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