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Fleet-footed Gauff dances into US Open fourth round

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Fourth-seeded Coco Gauff beat Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 6-3, 6-4 to reach the US Open fourth round for a fifth consecutive year.
  • Gauff overcame an early service break and used deep groundstrokes, improved baseline play and a crucial ninth-game break in the second set to secure the win.
  • She will next face either fellow American Iva Jovic or the Philippines’ Alexandra Eala.

Coco Gauff found her New York rhythm and reached the US Open fourth round for a fifth straight year with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Spain’s Cristina Bucsa.

The fourth seed’s serve again caused problems, but she refused to lose her composure in front of the home crowd. After Bucsa broke her in the third game, Gauff leveled the first set in the sixth game with a series of deep backhands. She broke again in the eighth game after a varied 21-shot rally and took the set.

Today was mainly defence, honestly, in the first set. Once I got my rhythm I was able to swing through a little more.

· Coco GauffGauff described how she adjusted after a difficult opening set.

"Today was mainly defence, honestly, in the first set," Gauff said. "Once I got my rhythm I was able to swing through a little more."

Once I was down that break I just told myself I need to accelerate through my shots.

· Coco GauffGauff explained how she responded after Bucsa broke her early in the first set.

Bucsa never established control in the second set. Gauff did some of her best work from the baseline and cut down on unforced errors before breaking in the ninth game with a backhand winner. She then closed out the match at the net.

"I'm just happy with how I fought through, even when I wasn't playing my best," said Gauff, who sent over 15 winners. She will next meet either fellow American Iva Jovic or the Philippines’ Alexandra Eala.

I'm just happy with how I fought through, even when I wasn't playing my best.

· Coco GauffGauff assessed her performance after reaching the fourth round.
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