NEW DELHI: Coco Gauff on Monday suffered a disappointing exit within the first spherical of Wimbledon, shedding to Sofia Kenin in a match that may be seen as a missed alternative reasonably than a surprising upset.
The truth that Gauff was pitted towards her resurgent compatriot, Sofia Kenin, already posed a big problem. Regardless of Kenin’s present rating of 128, she is a former grand slam champion, and their match ended with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory for Kenin. Though it was a troublesome loss for the seventh-seeded Gauff, it did not come as a shock.
It is essential to notice that Kenin needed to undergo the qualifying rounds to safe a spot in the primary draw. Each gamers have beforehand achieved a excessive rating of world quantity 4 earlier than accidents and sicknesses impacted Kenin’s efficiency. On a cold night time at Wimbledon‘s Court docket One, there was little that separated the 2 gamers.
“I’m tremendous glad,” Kenin informed the Court docket One crowd as nightfall descended and after Gauff had left the world. “Coco performed a troublesome match, and I knew I needed to play my finest match to win.”
Moscow-born Floridian Kenin had begun the stronger, the 24-year-old flying out of the traps with a barrage of floor strokes taken super-early or on the high of the bounce, clattering them away for winners towards her on-the-back-foot teenage opponent.
Gauff, herself a formidable ball-striker, steadied herself to edge the second set and restore stability, nevertheless it was Kenin who nosed forward early within the decider and retained her grip, by no means permitting the more and more pissed off 19-year-old one other foothold.
The truth that Gauff was pitted towards her resurgent compatriot, Sofia Kenin, already posed a big problem. Regardless of Kenin’s present rating of 128, she is a former grand slam champion, and their match ended with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory for Kenin. Though it was a troublesome loss for the seventh-seeded Gauff, it did not come as a shock.
It is essential to notice that Kenin needed to undergo the qualifying rounds to safe a spot in the primary draw. Each gamers have beforehand achieved a excessive rating of world quantity 4 earlier than accidents and sicknesses impacted Kenin’s efficiency. On a cold night time at Wimbledon‘s Court docket One, there was little that separated the 2 gamers.
“I’m tremendous glad,” Kenin informed the Court docket One crowd as nightfall descended and after Gauff had left the world. “Coco performed a troublesome match, and I knew I needed to play my finest match to win.”
Moscow-born Floridian Kenin had begun the stronger, the 24-year-old flying out of the traps with a barrage of floor strokes taken super-early or on the high of the bounce, clattering them away for winners towards her on-the-back-foot teenage opponent.
Gauff, herself a formidable ball-striker, steadied herself to edge the second set and restore stability, nevertheless it was Kenin who nosed forward early within the decider and retained her grip, by no means permitting the more and more pissed off 19-year-old one other foothold.
“Level by level,” Kenin stated. “(Simply informed myself) do not get over anxious or tremendous excited… I’m simply glad to complete earlier than it acquired darkish… Coco has had an important season and I’m tremendous happy with myself.”
(With inputs from Reuters)
