After a brilliant clay season, where Coco Gauff reached her only three finals this season and won one of them at Roland Garros, the 21-year-old will be looking to rediscover that momentum in the North American hard-court swing. Her grass swing has been disappointing with opening round exits in Berlin and Wimbledon.

With the opening round exits of second seed Gauff and third seed Jessica Pegula, this marked the first time in the Open Era that two of the top three women’s seeds lost in the first round of a Grand Slam. Speaking in the press conference in Cincinnati about this straight-set opening round defeat , Gauff commented:

I’m someone who goes full throttle, so I was very disappointed after that match. I told my parents that tennis is tough because you can experience an incredibl

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