Historical fact: Gauff replaced Serena Williams at US Open

coco gough (WTA No. 6) reached 2023 US Open as one of the favorites. And, despite the high expectations since its debut, the native continues to show that it’s ready to make a big splash on the world’s most impressive stage. With her victory over Caroline Wozniacki, she became the first junior tennis player to reach back-to-back quarterfinals in New York since Serena Williams from 1999 to 2001.

The woman who was born in Atlanta 19 years ago ranked fourth in the world last season, won 6 championships on the women’s tour, and entered the last Grand Slam of the year in 2023 with a record of 38 wins and 13 losses. The 500 and 1000 in the US Open preliminaries in Washington and Cincinnati. Partly for that reason, she’s a strong candidate for this year’s New York competition.

In fact, it gets even worse when you consider that He has won 15 of his last 16 bouts since a first-round loss at Wimbledon.

The last was a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Caroline Wozniacki in the North American Major round of 16 after two hours.

The tennis player’s record is admirable, considering she is not yet 20 years old and can already be considered one of the most experienced names in the prestigious top ten.

He’s in his second week at every Grand Slam and is defined as the best player to date at Roland Garros 2022. The U.S. Open followed, and he also reached the quarterfinals a few months ago. She repeated the round a while later, becoming the first teen to do so since Serena Williams from 1999 to 2001.

Next time, she will challenge for the Grand Slam champion. Iga Swiatek (No. 1) or Jelena Ostapenko (No. 21) are looking for their tenth consecutive win in the US Swing.

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