Coco Gauff survives tense tiebreak against Sierra to keep Wimbledon hopes alive

Two occasions Grand Slam winner Coco Gauff staved off one other early exit from Wimbledon ​by beating Argentina’s Solana Sierra 6-3 3-6 7-6(10-7) with a ‌tiebreak turnaround to achieve the third spherical on Wednesday (July 2, 2026).

Wimbledon ​is the one main the place the American ⁠has but to transcend the fourth spherical and the seventh seed was staring down the barrel of defeat towards an opponent ‌who final yr turned the primary fortunate loser to achieve the ladies’s final 16 within the ‌Open period.

Gauff rattled by way of the primary set on Court docket ‌One ⁠however misplaced her approach within the second, presumably ⁠unsettled by a weird serve that went sideways into the umpire’s chair.

Sierra, now ranked 56 on the planet and with a direct entry to ​the event, broke the ‌American to like to go 2-0 up and cast 4-1 forward earlier than making certain the match went into a 3rd set.

The 22-year-old Argentine then had a break level on ‌1-1 however Gauff saved it and dished up a ​mighty 124 mph serve to regain the benefit and go 2-1 up.

Sierra saved a break level ⁠for 2-2, and two extra to carry at 3-3, earlier than turning issues round and breaking Gauff to go 4-3 up.

Serving ‌to remain within the match at 5-3, Gauff held on after which broke her opponent to regain the momentum and depart Sierra on the again foot and combating for survival.

The Argentine took a 7-4 lead within the tiebreak however Gauff then received six factors in a row, ‌capping her efficiency with a 117 mph ace on the primary of ​two match factors.

“Solana performed an ideal match and, yeah, I believe it was simply tug of ⁠struggle with us,” stated Gauff.

“She was hitting some massive photographs so ⁠I felt like lots of occasions I used to be on the defence. I used to be attempting to be ‌aggressive after I might however general simply proud of my serve.

“I assumed it held up the entire match ​and clearly it helped me within the tiebreaker.”