Coco Gauff just served up a stone-cold dish of revenge, not against her rival, but against the very idea of a slump. After getting absolutely demolished by Amanda Anisimova in the Beijing semifinals just days ago, Gauff walked onto the court in Wuhan with something to prove.
And prove it, she did. Her opponent, Moyuka Uchijima, probably wishes she’d called in sick. In a match that lasted less time than it takes to watch an episode of The Office , Gauff dismantled Uchijima with a surgical 6-1, 6-0 victory in just 51 minutes.
Talk about a comeback. It was a brutal watch for anyone who wasn’t a Gauff fan. For those of us who are, it was pure, unadulterated dominance. It was the kind of performance that makes you lean back and say, “Oh, so that’s what she was mad about.”
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