Former champ Gauff holds off Jovic to reach US Open quarter-finals
The match was a rare meeting between two-time Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff, 22, and a younger American, 18-year-old Iva Jovic, who pushed her in the second set after losing the first easily.
Coco Gauff, the fourth-seeded player, claimed a hard-fought 6-1, 6-4 victory over 14th-seeded Iva Jovic in 80 minutes to advance to the US Open quarter-finals for the first time since her 2020 title win. The match featured rising American star Jovic pushing the 22-year-old Gauff in the second set after her first-set loss. Gauff remarked, "I'm looking to many more battles out here," and credited her well-served match, finishing with a surprise serve-and-volley move that Jovic couldn't return.
Their intense rallies drew cheers from the crowd, and Gauff's win included a second-round triumph over Spain's Paula Badosa. She will next face French Open champion and fifth-seeded Mirra Andreeva in the quarter-finals, having triumphed in their previous five encounters.
Written by urgent.news from Free Malaysia Today's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
- Former champ Gauff holds off Jovic to reach US Open quarter‑finals malaymail.com
- Former champ Gauff holds off Jovic to reach US Open quarter-finals nst.com.my
- Zverev beats Darderi and the clock to reach US Open quarters brecorder.com
- Zverev brushes aside Darderi to reach US Open quarter-finals freemalaysiatoday.com
- Zverev brushes aside Darderi to reach US Open quarter-finals channelnewsasia.com
