Coming face-to-face with Iga Swiatek at net, Coco Gauff took her crack at the champion. Blasting a backhand drive right into the body, Gauff knocked Swiatek down to the dirt with a stinging body blow to earn break point in the second set. Rising from the dirt, Swiatek responded with a flurry of forehands to knock Gauff right out […]
Seeing her backhand tangled up in net, Jessica Pegula waved her arms in frustration like a woman shoving a dance partner for stepping on her toes. A precise Elise Mertens choreographed confusion on Court Chatrier and Pegula couldn’t stay in step. Smooth shifting tactics, Mertens muted No. 3-seeded Pegula 6-1, 6-3 high stepping into the Roland Garros fourth round for […]