The defending champion stops in the round of 16 of the home Slam, the star-spangled derby is won by Navarro
First big shake-up also in the women’s tournament at the US Open: Coco Gauff eliminated in the round of 16. The defending champion was defeated in the American derby by Emma Navarro with a score of 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in just over two hours of play, with the thirteenth seeded favorite facing Paula Badosa in the next round.
The difficulties already evident in the match against Svitolina reappeared in this eighth-final for Gauff, who closed the match with a surprising figure of 19 double faults. Overall, Navarro deserved the victory, since she had also been ahead by a break in the second set only to then suffer a comeback in the final stages of the set.
For Navarro it is about the second quarterfinal at Slam level after the one lost at Wimbledon at the hands of Jasmine Paolini, while the defeat suffered by Gauff makes her sink to sixth place in the world rankings due to the 1760 points she will lose.