Defending champion Coco Gauff made a thunderous begin to her marketing campaign within the US Open 2024 girls’s singles after beating France’s Varvara Gracheva in straight units on Monday on the Arthur Ashe Stadium. It took the house favorite solely an hour and 6 minutes to beat her French opponent 6-2, 6-0.
Gauff’s current win extends her streak to eight consecutive matches at this prestigious match, solidifying her as a drive to be reckoned with on this planet of tennis. Final 12 months, Gauff made historical past, as she grew to become the first American teenager to clinch the US Open title for the reason that iconic Serena Williams in 1999.
Gauff has now amassed 15 main-draw match wins in her US Open profession, making her the youngest girl to achieve such quite a lot of main-draw singles victories on the US Open since Caroline Wozniacki achieved it in 2010.
Within the second spherical, the 20-year-old Gauff will lock horns with Germany’s Tatjana Maria, who beat Argentina’s Solana Sierra 6-2, 6-3 on Court docket 4.
Spain’s Paula Badosa additionally marched into the second spherical of the ladies’s singles after beating Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic 6-0, 6-3 in an hour and 9 minutes.
Ruud, Fritz dictate phrases
Casper Ruud had a pleasant day after he went via to the second spherical of the boys’s singles. He defeated China’s Bu Yunchaokete 7-6, 6-2, 6-2 in two hours and 14 minutes. Ruud was unimaginable together with his first serves as he gained 88 % of these factors in comparison with Bu’s 67.
That he transformed six of his break level possibilities made a distinction within the match. Ruud additionally pulled off 14 aces and 45 winners. Within the second spherical, Ruud will face the winner of the conflict between Gael Monfils and Diego Schwartzman.
twelfth seed Taylor Fritz additionally eased into the second spherical with a dominating win over Argentina’s Camilo Ugo Carbelli. Fritz has a tricky problem forward as he’ll face Italy’s Matteo Berrettini, who will go into the match after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas in straight units.
Andrey Rublev additionally had a good day within the workplace after he made his approach into the second spherical at Flushing Meadows with a 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 win over Brazil’s Thiago Seyboth Wild.
