Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek made quick work of their second round opponents as they moved into the third round of the US Open.
Starting with Gauff, the American headed into this year’s US Open with expectation on her shoulders after winning her first WTA 1000 title in Cincinnati.
After a tough three set first round match, Gauff was on a mission as she beat fellow teen sensation Mirra Andreeva 6-3 6-2 in just over an hour.
Following her win Gauff admitted she was pleased with her win and also spoke about how tough it has been to be aggressive in the last two matches, “Yeah, I’m really happy with how I played. Last time I played her, we had a longer match. Split sets. So today I was really trying to take advantage of when I was in the lead and continuing to be aggressive,” Gauff said in her press conference.
“I’m happy I was able to get it in straight sets. Not a long match like the three hours last match. Saved myself some time today. Yeah, I learned a lot from that match. Also, it’s two completely different opponents. The way
Laura played made it very hard to be aggressive. She’s hitting slices that are bouncing really low.
“On TV it looks like when the slice comes it looks slow but when you’re actually playing the ball’s really low so it’s not as easy to be as aggressive as you want. She was also coming in a lot which I obviously didn’t plan for that. I didn’t find my game plan until the last two sets and that showed I
was playing better.
“Then today, I mean, honestly it was tough to be aggressive too on Mirra because she can rip some backhands down the line and everything. But I think I was just trying my best to get her to the corners and not letting her control the court.”
Gauff will look to continue her aggressive tennis when she takes on Elise Mertens in the third round on Friday.
Also into the third round is world number one Iga Swiatek who needed a little longer to defeat Daria Saville 6-3 6-4 in just under 90 minutes.
Swiatek will play Kaja Juvan in the third round after the Slovenian defeated Lauren Davis in three sets.
There were also wins for Karolina Muchova and Belinda Bencic while Beatriz Haddad Maia was knocked out by Taylor Townsend.
