INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Coco Gauff gave herself an early birthday current by beating Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Monday within the third spherical of the BNP Paribas Open.
Gauff, who turns 20 on Wednesday, struggled early however discovered a approach to maintain her serve by saving 10 of 11 break factors. She closed out the match with a serve into the physique that Bronzetti could not return. The victory prolonged Gauff’s successful streak in the US to 18 matches, a run that features successful the title finally 12 months’s US Open.
Bronzetti had an opportunity to power a 3rd set when she broke Gauff to take a 5-4 lead within the tiebreaker. Gauff gained the following three factors.
Gauff may find yourself dealing with Naomi Osaka within the spherical of 16. Osaka, a former World No. 1, is taking part in within the fifth match of her return after her maternity depart in 2023. She was dealing with Elise Mertens later Monday.
On the boys’s aspect, Holger Rune performed his first match of the match and beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-2, 7-6 (5) to advance to the spherical of 16. Rune had a bye within the first spherical and superior by means of the second when Milos Raonic withdrew with an damage.
The night time matches included prime seed Novak Djokovic taking over Luca Nardi and Daniil Medvedev dealing with American Sebastian Korda.
