PERTH, Australia — After dropping in singles earlier this week and inflicting an uproar on social media, Coco Gauff gave it her all on the courtroom in Wednesday’s United Cup quarterfinals.
Gauff defeated Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-2, giving defending champions america a 1-0 lead over Greece. Taylor Fritz had an opportunity to advance the American to the semifinals in a singles match towards Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sydney on Saturday.
On Monday, Gauff posted on social media simply earlier than the beginning of her singles match, wanting so as to add context to her current feedback about American tennis followers.
The following matches didn’t go effectively for No. 4 Gauff, who misplaced her first 5 matches and suffered a 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-0 loss to No. 42 Jessica Buzas Maneiro. Nevertheless, Fritz received the singles match and Gauff and Christian Harrison teamed up in combined doubles to seal the highest spot in Group A and advance the People to the quarterfinals.
“I assumed we hit the ball effectively as we speak, and on the subject of that, we moved effectively on the courtroom,” Gauff mentioned Wednesday. “Usually, I do know it’ll be day.”
Stan Wawrinka, who performed on this yr’s farewell tour earlier than retiring, was scheduled to steer Switzerland towards Argentina in tonight’s quarter-final in Perth.
In Sydney, Hubert Hurkasz and Iga Swiatek received their singles matches as Poland secured a spot within the quarter-finals from Group F with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands.
