You know what? Sometimes defending a title looks effortless—at least when you’re Coco Gauff and you’ve got your game dialed in at the China Open. The American tennis star just served up another masterclass performance, dismantling German qualifier Eva Lys 6-3, 6-4 in what can only be described as a “thanks for playing” kind of match.

Gauff’s Clinical Display Ends Lys’s Cinderella Run

Let’s be honest here— Eva Lys had been having the tournament of her life. The 23-year-old German had stunned everyone by taking down Elena Rybakina (yes, that Elena Rybakina) for her first-ever top-10 victory. She was living the dream, making her debut in a WTA 1000 quarterfinal, probably pinching herself every morning. But reality has a funny way of showing up uninvited, and it came wearing a Team USA

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