Coco Gauff arrived in New York with more questions than answers after the training team on the Eve of the final Grand Slam. Her second specialization in Roland Garros in June had gave the way to a revolution in its summer, which is often characterized by cutting of dual and early mistakes, including leaving the first round of Wimbledon. She put the long -term change rather than a quick repair, saying she does not want to “waste time to play in a way that I don’t want to play.”
After two tense nights to launch her open campaign for the United States, the 21-year-old American girl finally looked on Saturday morning, as she advanced to the second week of her specialization at home for the fourth year in a row with 6-3, 6-1 Magdalena Frech in Poland.
To address the service problems, Gauff has recruited Gavin Macmillan, a biological mechanical specialist who helped Aryna Sabalenka in the YIPS service and climb it to the number 1 world with three main titles. The first two rounds showed that the transition was rugged: a three -group struggle against Ajil Tomlsjanovic, and then rupture in the court in his victory over Donna Vikic. “It was an emotional week,” said Jouf. “I think I needed those difficult moments to be able to go forward. I was putting a lot of pressure on myself.”
This time there was no revelation. Under bright sunlight instead of ASHE revealing lights, Gauff hit only four dual mistakes, 3-0, and when Frech was briefly answered in 3, he responded with a guarantee. She served from 40 to 30 in a seventh tense match, settled with a delivery of 105 miles per hour and a mistake, her fist rose and rose through the rest of the group.
The second group was more clear. The exchange of 20 rounds on the Gauff Road to earn the first break, while another lounge in Love followed two games later with the installation of Frech errors. The pole, made from a specialty for the first time, could hurt the American by simply extending the gatherings.
Group’s connection, fragile in recent months, has become a source of confidence. Nearly 80 % of the first service fell in the opening match and only took two points on the service during the second group. Even when a fourth double error appeared while trying to close it, she cleaned the danger with a brittle settlement before she sealed the victory after 73 minutes with a quiet pump of her left grip.
“I showed today that I was really enjoying there,” she said. “Support means a lot.”
In contrast to her opening rounds, Stark. Instead of the tense body language and the second guessing, it attacked the foundation line and looked to finish the points in the network. The service remains a continuous work, especially the tumor, but the rhythm was smoother and more clear.
For Fresh, World No. 28, this was still a week of progress. It has not previously reached the third round of the US Open, and its victory over the Biton Sterins, which included the best professional result here. But against the Gulf hollow in the experiment he said. The American, which has appeared in its twenty-fifth appearance at the Grand SAM major draw, has already for two main graves-and includes a record 30-1 in majors over the past two years against opponents ranked outside the twentieth.
Premocity places it between a rare company. Jouf said that Venus Williams only reached second weeks in Grand Salamz between the United States before reaching 22 years. “This is the level that I want to play.” “I know the competition is striking from here, but if I continue to build from today, I love where my game goes.”
Her next opponent will either Daria Kasatkina, Classified 15, is known for its diversity, or Naomi Osaka, the US Open Champion twice who continues to return. Both promise to provide complex resistance from Fresh. But for the first time this week, Gauff came out of ASHE with the familiar appearance of the hero and ready for anything that comes on her way.