MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff's consecutive-set streak ended at the Australian Open . Her bid for a second Grand Slam title continued on Sunday with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 comeback victory over Belinda Bencic in the fourth round.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff's consecutive-set streak ended at the Australian Open. Her bid for a second Grand Slam title continued on Sunday with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 comeback victory over Belinda Bencic in the fourth round.
Spectators seated along the sides of the court fanned themselves; Gauff sought relief from cool air provided at the players' sideline benches. But Gauff recalibrated after the hour-plus first set, accumulating points in bunches, repeatedly hammering returns of serve and doing a much better job of targeting spots from the baseline. In sum, she was very much back to her best self, and not only did Gauff cut her unforced errors in half in the second set, but also put together a 17-2 edge in winners over that span.
Her best past results have arrived on hard courts, including a run to the semifinals of the U.S. Open in 2019 and a singles gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She's now 0-3 in fourth-round matches at Melbourne Park, though, losing previously to International Tennis Hall of Fame member Maria Sharapova in 2016 and to eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka two years ago.
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