Coco Gauff Books Spot in Citi Open Main Draw
Coco Gauff will play the main draw at the Citi Open this week.The 15-year-old American who sent shockwaves through the tennis world when she became the youngest player to reach the second week at Wimbledon since 1991, ripped through qualifying this weekend at Washington, D.C., dropping just nine games in two matches and dropping just nine first-serve points in those two matches.
Game. Set. Coco.@CocoGauff is into the main draw at @CitiOpen.#USOpenSeries pic.twitter.com/If37TvEtUN
— USTA (@usta) July 28, 2019
Gauff defeated American Maegan Manasse 6-4 6-2 on Saturday, then took out Hiroko Kuwata 6-1 6-2 on Sunday.Gauff will face Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan in first-round action on Tuesday, in her third career main draw appearance. She owns a 4-2 lifetime record.Here’s is how the full draw shapes up, with all four qualifiers placed.
Coco Gauff is placed in draw… Gets Zarina Diyas in round 1 at @CitiOpen and could potentially face Lesia Tsurenko or Wang Yafan in R2. pic.twitter.com/8TV83tedP8
— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) July 28, 2019
Gauff is also entered in the doubles draw. She’ll play alongside American Caty McNally and the duo are slated to face Americans Hayley Carter and Maegan Manasse on Monday.
That feeling when you’ve made it to the main draw😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 pic.twitter.com/tUgXXx6DSh
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) July 28, 2019
Coco Gauff has done it – She defeats Hiroko Kuwata 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour to get into the #CitiOpen main draw! @TennisNewsTPN pic.twitter.com/aySP3YNuGV
— Chad (@CCSMOOTH13) July 28, 2019
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