Coco Gauff emerges as US Open title favourite after impressive victory over Madison Keys

Coco Gauff emerges as US Open title favourite after impressive victory over Madison Keys : Coco Gauff conquered fellow American Madison Keys 6-2 6-3 and progressed to the pre quarter finals round of the US Open for the 1st time.

After dropping serve at the very start of the match, the super agile Gauff quickly took control, won four games one after the other and kept Madison Keys rattled from there on. Playing in the 3rd round at her home major for the 7th time, Madison Keys protected two break/set points at 5-2 down, but the skilled American simply avoided the inevitable as Coco Gauff grabbed the deserved prize on her 3rd set point.

There were authoritative groundstrokes on both sides, as if we were viewing a men’s tennis match.

The tipping point was that Gauff moved better and looked more hungry and that is perhaps what kept her motivated for this 3rd round victory. At times she looked like a predator running towards prey.

The 18-year-old Gauff, feeling buoyant in her signature New Balance sneakers, raced to a 4-1 lead in the second set and it didn’t seem like Madison Keys would get an opportunity to turn things around.

However, Keys took advantage of Gauff’s moments of weakness, and served to level the second set to 4-4. This flare of the 20th seed’s possible revival was quickly put out by Gauff, as the teenager retained her absolute supremacy.

If she keeps this game quality, Coco Gauff is DANGEROUS! In the previous round, the 12th seed hit the third-fastest serve in US Open history!

Coco Gauff meets Zhang Shuai in the pre quarter final round at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Coco Gauff vs Zhang Shuai

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