Coco Gauff is a clear example that American women can play well on clay. The world number two showed her class on Wednesday to come from behind to beat her compatriot Madison Keys and close out a 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-1 victory in 2 hours and 11 minutes
Keys, 30, and ranked eighth in the WTA, likes the big stage and that’s why she was crowned in January at the Australian Open. The thing is that Coco is a wall on slow courts and more so when the ball gets big as a result of the humidity
It was raining in Paris and the match was played indoors, conditions that favored Gauff, the 2023 US Open winner. The 60 unforced errors by Madison were too heavy a statistical burden against a rival who made 41
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