Coco Gauff powered to a double-bagel 6-0 6-0 win over Arantxa Rus of their second-round conflict on the Madrid Open.
The 21-year-old US Open champion wanted simply 51 minutes to see off her opponent, with Rus profitable solely 18 factors throughout your entire contest.
Gauff’s match was scheduled previous to home-favourite Rafael Nadal’s event opener on Thursday and she or he joked after her emphatic win: “I know everybody is here to see Rafa, so I was just trying to get off the court for you guys.”
Gauff, seeded third in Madrid, will face thirty first seed Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine within the subsequent spherical.
“I played really well today. She’s a great, tough opponent, especially on clay, but it was just one of those days for me,” Gauff mentioned afterwards. “Oh-and-oh, I’ve by no means performed that earlier than, I am going to in all probability by no means do it once more.
“I knew how she was going to play. I know she grinds, puts a lot of balls in court, and likes to play heavy — but I just felt like those are things that I can do well too. I felt like I could step in more, and having that match against Brenda [Fruhvirtova, Rus’ first-round opponent] to scout her kind of helped.”
Osaka defeated by Samsonova in Madrid epic
Naomi Osaka suffered a second-round exit to fifteenth seed Liudmila Samsonova after an epic encounter lasting almost two and a half hours.
In a primary set that was to belie the enthralling encounter to observe, Osaka swiftly fell behind 4-0 on her option to shedding the opener 6-2, whereas she was additionally damaged early in each the second and third units.
On every event the previous world No 1 rallied, rattling off 4 video games in a row from 4-3 down within the second to stage issues up at one set apiece as Samsonova appeared to lose her nerve.
At 4-3 up, Samsonova despatched down three double faults to be damaged and lose her benefit after which, in her subsequent service recreation, having saved two set factors from 15-40 down, she double-faulted once more after Osaka eked out a 3rd.
In a vastly tight third set, Samsonova lastly earned the decisive break within the eleventh recreation earlier than this time holding her nerve to serve out the match for a 6-2 4-6 7-5 win over the four-time Grand Slam winner.
Samsonova will subsequent face 18th-seeded American Madison Keys within the third spherical.
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