Early on in her third-round matchup towards Elina Svitolina on the 2024 US Open, Coco Gauff seemed like she was in bother. Then, within the midst of the second set, Gauff flipped a change and stormed again for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win to succeed in the fourth spherical.
Gauff bought off to a painfully sluggish begin at Flushing Meadows on Friday. The No. 27 seed Svitolina got here out and had the No. 3 seed Gauff on her heels after taking the primary set, 6-3, because of a late break level. The second set did not begin significantly better for Gauff as she discovered herself trailing 2-1.
Nonetheless, Gauff was finally capable of finding her footing within the fourth recreation. At one level, Gauff gained 9 of 11 video games and took full management of the match. After profitable the second set, 6-3, Gauff cruised to a different 6-3 win within the decisive third set and completed it on a break.
It was a formidable comeback for Gauff, who is not any stranger to these in main occasions. Since 2019, she has now gained 12 Grand Slam matches after dropping the opening set. Solely Ons Jabeur has extra in that span.
After the match, Gauff mentioned the important thing to this comeback was attacking along with her forehand and cleansing up her backhand.
“I attempted to be extra aggressive on my forehand facet and tried to make much less errors on the backhand,” Gauff mentioned.
This win additionally put Gauff in some elite firm. Gauff joined Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Mary Joe Fernandez, Chris Evert and Tracy Austin as the one girls to hit 60 wins earlier than turning 21.
Gauff will now tackle fellow American Emma Navarro within the Spherical of 16. The 2 battled earlier this 12 months at Wimbledon the place Navarro scored the large upset within the fourth spherical.
