Coco Gauff has a bright future in American tennis, but she hasn't yet figured out how to defeat Iga Swiatek, the top-ranked player in the world.
The Pole defeated the teenager when they met last year in the semifinals in Rome. Before their match at the 2022 San Diego Open, they had already played twice this year and Coco Gauff was never able to win more than four games in a row. Iga Swiatek won in Miami first, by scores of 6-3, 6-1, and in the Roland Garros championship match, too, with scores of 6-1, 6-3.
The 18-year-old American player in San Diego was seeking retribution and ultimately intended to defeat her three years older Polish opponent, at the very least by winning a set. However, Swiatek showed her best performance to date, preventing Gauff from winning more than three games.
“I felt like I was overplaying, with her you kind of sometimes feel like you have to overplay, just because she’s playing so good," said Gauff. "I’ve lost to her so many times, and I just didn’t have it today. Each time I play her, I learn a lot, like that I overplayed on certain shots which caused me to make more errors”.
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