Coco Gauff neutralized a great inconvenience and fueled the hope of No. 1 in the US Open 2025

The Arthur Ashe stadium became a real Russian mountain for Coco Gauff. After an anguishing moment, the third racket in the world neutralized the problems with his serve and defeated the Croatian Donna Vekic (49th) by 7-6 (5) and 6-2 to get into the third round of the US Open 2025.

The American, twice Grand Slam champion (at the US Open 2023 and Roland Garros 2025), arrived in New York with a big problem on their shoulders: the service. Since he left Parisian soil, he entered a default loop following a series of faults with one of the great cards of his game strategy.

With Gavin Macmillana biomechanics specialist who also collaborated with Aryna Sabalenka in the past, resisted in the first round against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic (6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5).

In the following instance, in front of the Croatian Donna Vekic, the doubts with the service appeared from the first moments on the court and worsened at decisive moments.

He showed his frustration breaking into tears but managed to rebuild in time to move forward, by force of his character as a champion and the local audience, a first manga that could have given even more problems. Finally, after 1h 39 min on the court, he caught the important 7-6 (5) and 6-2 victory.

In this way, He classified the third round, fanning the number one in the world. If Aryna Sabalenka does not reach the quarterfinals, she (or IgA Swiatek) could potentially keep the top of the ranking winning the title.

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