Third-seeded Coco Gauff produced the second double bagel of her WTA Tour profession, shutting out U.S. compatriot Sofia Kenin 6-0, 6-0 on Thursday within the second spherical of the Miami Open.
The one different 6-0, 6-0 victory for Gauff got here at Madrid in 2024 in opposition to the Netherlands’ Arantxa Rus.
Gauff entered the week having misplaced 4 of her previous six matches, a run that started with a defeat on the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. She dropped her opening match at each Doha, Qatar, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, then was eradicated within the spherical of 16 at Indian Wells, Calif.
These struggles vanished on Thursday, when Gauff accomplished her day’s work in 47 minutes.
“I used to be positively taking part in effectively as we speak, and possibly (Kenin) wasn’t taking part in her peak nice tennis,” Gauff stated. “I do not assume anybody who’s taking part in their greatest tennis could have that scoreline as we speak, so I am not going to say she performed her greatest tennis.
“I believe it was a mix of me taking part in very well, it was actually nice tennis from me, and possibly her not taking part in as effectively.”
Gauff stated of her latest struggles, “I do know the place I personally stand in my recreation. Sure, it is not been as much as my requirements, however on the identical time, you realize, we’re simply March and our season ends in November. There’s a variety of time to enhance.
“At present I wasn’t stepping into with that in my thoughts. It simply occurred to be an incredible day for me.”
Subsequent up for Gauff might be Twenty eighth-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece, who edged Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Thursday.
In different second-round motion, top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus had no hassle beating Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-0.
Sabalenka is aiming to shake off defeats within the championship matches on the Australian Open and Indian Wells.
“I can’t complain about my season,” she stated. “In fact, I misplaced (the) two largest finals. Nevertheless it’s solely a lesson, not that huge of a loss, to be trustworthy. I really feel like my tennis is getting higher every single day.
“In fact Miami, there is just one factor everybody desires right here is to win the title. I actually hope I can play identical approach I performed at Indian Wells and enhance within the finals. Get higher a little bit bit these final phases of the match, possibly much less careworn and extra targeted on myself. Let’s simply take it step-by-step.”
Japan’s Naomi Osaka toppled Twenty fourth-seeded Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 6-4, with the Russian one in all quite a few seeded gamers to fall.
The US’ Ashlyn Krueger beat seventh-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, whereas Hailey Baptiste of the USA upset Twelfth-seeded Daria Kasatkina of Russia 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, and Linda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic crushed Sixteenth-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 6-0, 6-2.
Poland’s Magda Linette took down 18th-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia 7-6 (5), 6-2, and the USA’ Taylor Townsend dispatched Nineteenth-seeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-1. Switzerland’s Rebeka Masarova bounced Twenty first-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-1, 6-3, and Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse bested Twenty ninth-seeded Magdelena Frech of Poland 6-4, 6-4.
Additionally advancing have been ninth-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China, sixth-seeded Jasmine Paolini of Italy, Twenty sixth-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Thirty first-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.
–Discipline Degree Media