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USA's Coco Gauff defeated Wimbledon champion Jelena Ryvakina 6-4, 6(8)-7, 7-6(3) at the Canadian Open on Wednesday, while Czech Karolina Pliskova played Amanda.・Overwhelmed Anisimova with 6-1 6-. 1.
French, 18, her Open semifinalist secured the match when she advanced to four aces in the first set and broke Ryvakina in the seventh game. It looked like
However, Rybakina refused to go down without a fight after she fended off her points four matches in the second set tiebreaker.
Gauff struggled in the third set, and she tripped on seven doubles when two players traded her break on serve.
The American then dug deeper to regain his composure, scoring five straight points to win the third set tiebreak before pumping up his fist and pointing at his brain to the cheers of the crowd. raised.
Former world number one Pliskova had no such problem against American Anisimova, breaking her in the fourth game of her first set before she lost the match. I was.
Days after being bounced back by Anisimova in the second round of her Classic in Silicon Valley, Pliskova hit her seven aces and first served her points in nearly four minutes. won 3 of She next faces Greek powerhouse Maria Sakkari. (Reporting by Amy Tennery, New York)
