Coco Gauff returned to winning ways following her disappointing Berlin loss and she's hoping to continue at the 2023
Eastbourne International.
Gauff has played in Eastbourne in the past and after
an early exit in Berlin, she opted to play at the event in order to get in some more matches ahead of Wimbledon. The most recent weeks have been somewhat shaky for Gauff and outside that minor Roland Garros run, the American
failed to win back-to-back matches multiple times.It happened again in Berlin as she took out Siniakova in the opening round only to lose to Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round. It wasn't a good match from Gauff as the Russian won 6-4 6-0, and she was aware of it.
As she explained, the first event on grass rarely goes well for most players.
Unless you're Novak Djokovic is some other exception to the rule, you're going to struggle a bit on grass initially. She didn't really practice all that much before that event which likely contributed to the loss against a player who came to Berlin after winning a trophy on grass the previous week.