PARIS — Coco Gauff is making it look straightforward on the Paris Olympics to this point, including a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina within the second spherical of singles Monday to her rising assortment of lopsided outcomes.
So what if Gauff had greater than twice as many unforced errors (26) as winners (11)? So what if she solely put 55% of her first serves in play? So what if she wound up with six double-faults and 0 aces?
So what if it took practically 1½ hours for the reigning US Open champion and No. 2-ranked Gauff to complete off an opponent who’s ranked eighty fifth, has by no means received a tour-level singles title and owns an 0-2 profession document at Grand Slam tournaments?
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“You possibly can’t argue with the scoreline, to be sincere,” the 20-year-old American stated.
Positive cannot.
Take a look at what she has managed to take action far at her first Olympics: Not solely is Gauff 3-0 throughout singles and ladies’s doubles, the place her associate is Jessica Pegula, however she has dropped a mixed whole of solely 9 video games throughout six units in these three matches.
“I knew that she was simply going to in all probability attempt to out-rally me, which I really feel like is one in all my strengths. But additionally I had the power to be aggressive,” Gauff stated concerning the matchup with Carle, somebody she was acquainted with from their days as junior gamers. “So I believe I used to be simply attempting to steadiness the errors and never let her win plenty of factors off my racket.”
Her match was performed at Court docket Suzanne Lenglen on the identical time that, throughout the way in which at Court docket Philippe Chatrier, Novak Djokovic was beating Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-4 within the sixtieth head-to-head matchup between two rivals with 46 Grand Slam titles between them.
Gauff stated she was “sort of unhappy” that she missed the prospect to observe a contest between two gamers who “imply loads” to their sport.
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