US EditionCoco Gauff Details “Tough” US Open Win Against Ajla Tomljanovic
Coco Gauff overcame serving struggles, including 10 double faults, in a three-hour match to win her US Open first-round and advance to the second round.
- On Tuesday, Coco Gauff survived a three-hour US Open opener at Arthur Ashe Stadium, defeating Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 after a late break in the final set.
- Facing persistent serving problems, Coco Gauff replaced coach Matt Daly with biomechanics expert Gavin MacMillan last week to improve her unreliable second serve.
- Data from the match shows a mixed serving performance, with Coco Gauff finishing with 10 double faults but improving her 61% first-serve percentage and winning 66% of those points.
- The win moves Coco Gauff into the second round of the US Open, halting the risk of successive first-round exits and boosting her confidence for deeper runs.
- Gauff has said the serve revamp will take time, and she expects Gavin MacMillan's impact to be gradual as changing coaches so close to the US Open risks disrupting her rhythm but feels necessary for success.
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John Mulaney and Olivia Munn were going through it during Coco Gauff’s tense US Open match
John Mulaney and Olivia Munn were on the edge of their seat as American Coco Gauff edged Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic in their first round match at the U.S. Open on Tuesday.
It has already darkened in Flushing Meadows and on the central track, the audience contains the breath: Coco Gauff, his girl, champion two years ago, serves to close the duel against Ajla Tomljanovic and the attendees fear that the episode will be repeated: she and the double faults. Until that moment, 6-5 and 30-30 in his favor, the American has already committed 10 —two of them with 5-4 — and one more slip could be decisive. Silence, cold swea…
US Open 2025: Coco Gauff says revamped serve was tested by old habits in first-round win
Coco Gauff said her first-round win at the U.S. Open on Tuesday was shaped by a mental battle to trust her revamped serve, as the American third seed worked to overcome old habits during her hard-fought victory over Ajla Tomljanovic.
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