A disappointing day for Coco Gauff.
The 21-year-old fell to Magda Linette within the spherical of 16 on the Miami Open, dropping in straight-sets, 6-4 6-4.
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It was a large upset that noticed the Florida native proceed to wrestle along with her serve, as she could not dig herself out of the opening she put herself in.
Gauff recorded 12 double faults and served at simply 51 per cent for the complete match.
Coming into the match, Gauff was 2-0 towards Linette.
However it was the Polish star who lastly obtained her win towards the American favorite.
Gauff is the third-ranked participant on this planet, whereas Linette is thirty fourth.
Gauff is now the highest-ranked opponent Linette has defeated at a Hologic WTA Tour occasion.
After the match, Gauff admitted it merely wasn’t her day, whereas noting her current struggles.
“It wasn’t nice as we speak,” Gauff mentioned.
“It hasn’t been the previous few weeks — I’m making an attempt to determine that out.
“Positively not pleased about it… simply a type of days after I felt terrible in all the things on the courtroom.”
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Linette acknowledged how large of a victory it was for her and her profession.
“Beating Coco for the primary time is a big achievement for me,” Linette mentioned after the match.
“She’s so powerful. Even on her worst days, she’s so so powerful.
“Thanks a lot everybody for making this ambiance so good.”
With the win, Linette now reaches her second profession WTA 1000 quarterfinal.
In the meantime for Gauff, it is again to the drafting board.
It had been easy crusing for Gauff within the first two rounds, as she defeated Maria Sakkari on Saturday 6-2, 6-4 after making fast work of Sofia Kenin within the opening spherical, coasting by her 6-0, 6-0 in 47 minutes.
General, it has been a disappointing run of leads to 2025 for Gauff up this level, and she or he sadly wasn’t capable of flip the script on Monday in her house match.
Gauff was the youngest participant to succeed in back-to-back Rounds of 16 on the Miami Open since Garbine Muguruza in 2012-2013.
The 2023 US Open champion additionally grew to become the youngest participant to safe 75 fundamental draw wins in WTA-1000 occasions for the reason that format’s introduction in 2009 after her victory on Saturday.
Gauff has now bowed out of the match as she continues to attempt to get her season again on monitor.