Gauff flashes her Grand Slam-winning potential in win at Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic
SAN JOSE — Coco Gauff was giving her on-court interview after beating Naomi Osaka in straight sets and referred to Osaka and herself as “the future” of tennis.It sure felt “here” in San Jose on Thursday night, as Gauff defeated Osaka 6-4, 6-4 in front of a sold-out crowd of 2,250 at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic.
Gauff showed some sterling defense on the night, breaking Osaka three times and winning 29 points when returning serve. In the second set, Gauff won five games in a row to build what felt like an insurmountable lead — and could have made the evening a quick one. It would have been an understandable result for Osaka. It was just her second match since losing in the first round of the French Open in late May, as she missed the entire grass court season battling an Achilles injury. The 24-year-old even admitted after she won her first round match in three sets on Tuesday that she didn’t care if she won that match, as she was more focused on finding the fun in her sport again.
Osaka dug herself a 5-1 hole, then went down 0-40 to give Gauff three match points, but Osaka fought all the way back to deuce. She then gave a fourth match point away, but recovered again and won the game.
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