Coco Gauff

Coco Gauff has failed to match her best showing at Wimbledon after being defeated by compatriot Amanda Anisimova. The 20th seed came from a set down to ...

Gauff responded with a confident love-hold for 1-1 to mark the first set that hadn’t seen a break in the first two games. The 18-year-old broke straight back but was broke against as the world No 25 consolidated her break to lead 4-1. The 18-year-old got off to a much faster start in their second tour-level meeting, breaking in the 20th seed in her first service game to take a quick 3-0 lead.

The teenager's hopes of glory at the grass court Grand Slam were cut short on Saturday.

Amanda Anisimova (R) shakes hands with compatriot Coco Gauff after winning at the end of their women's singles tennis match on the sixth day of the 2022 ...

Amanda Anisimova overpowered Coco Gauff to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon with an impressive performance on Centre Court.

But winning today is just so special and I’m very grateful for this experience, especially in front of a full crowd." Gauff sensed her chance and ran through six unanswered points to take the set. "It’s the most special day I think of my career.

In an all-American battle on Centre Court, Anisimova fought from a set down to defeat the 18-year-old 6-7 6-2 6-1.

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Anisimova landed 84 per cent of her first serves in the second set and from that foundation she launched sustained a barrage of groundstrokes, especially on her favoured backhand side. That was all Gauff needed to close out a quite exceptional set of tennis. Inevitably the first set crescendoed to a tiebreak. Gauff clung on for dear life and had game points here and there but Anisimova was unstoppable. I think we’ll be playing a lot in the future, said Anisimova of Gauff. ‘It’s an exciting rivalry.’ Given that, it was no surprise to see 11th seed Gauff making the faster start to open up a 3-0 lead. ‘It was extremely special to play on Centre Court for the first time in my life,’ she said. Yesterday, after a 6-7, 6-2, 6-1 win, Anisimova lay on the grass drinking it all in. The first war in Chechnya crippled the Russian economy causing the ‘Rouble Crisis’ and Olga and Konstantin Anisimova headed west. ‘I was trying to soak in every moment. Two months later Konstatin died of a heart attack. She reached the semi-finals of the French Open aged 17 in 2019.

The American teenager has been a crowd favourite at the famous All England Club ever since her debut at the tournament three years ago.

Gauff is 5ft 9in tall and made her WTA Tour debut in March 2019 at the Miami Open, where she won her opening match. That was also the year she won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Linz Open, aged just 15. That was boosted by her netting €1,100,000 for finishing as runner-up in the French Open. She was born Cori 'Coco' Gauff on March 13, 2004, in Atlanta, Georgia. Her parents Candi and Corey were both former college athletes. There she ended up finishing as runner-up to American compatriot Amanda Anisimova, who was also her opponent in today's women's singles round of 32. Here is everything you need to know about the teenage tennis sensation.