World No.3 Coco Gauff received in below an hour on Monday (27 Could) in her Roland-Garros opener, beating qualifier Julia Avdeeva in simply 52 minutes, 6-1 6-1.
It marked a fiftieth profession Grand Slam win for the 20-year-old American, lower than 5 years after her breakout run at Wimbledon in 2019.
Gauff will meet one other qualifier in Tamara Zidansek within the second spherical. Australian Open semi-finalist Dayana Yastremska may loom in spherical three.
Gauff misplaced simply considered one of 24 factors performed on her first serve, successful 5 of eight break factors and by no means dealing with one on her personal serve. She hit 10 winners within the match on Courtroom Suzanne Lenglen.
“This is without doubt one of the tournaments I constantly play my greatest at,” Gauff instructed the TODAY Present on Friday (24 Could). “I’ve unfinished enterprise on the courtroom.”
“I am tremendous excited to have the ability to compete” at Paris 2024, she added in regards to the coming Olympic Video games, which can see tennis held at Stade Roland-Garros. “I could not consider a greater metropolis to compete in.”
Gauff made her first main remaining in Paris in 2022 earlier than making a semi-final run a 12 months in the past, shedding to Iga Swiatek each occasions.
