Coco Gauff noticed the defence of her US Open crown come to an finish on Sunday as she suffered a shock defeat to thirteenth seed Emma Navarro 3-6 6-4 3-6.
The 2023 champion struggled vastly together with her serve and forehand, hitting some 19 double faults, and needed to present battling qualities to drive a third-set decider earlier than she was ultimately crushed anyway by her fellow American in New York.
Navarro, who is thru to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the second time in her profession and first on the US Open, dominated the primary set, and was the participant on high within the second too, forcing a break to go 4-3 forward with a service recreation to return.
But, nerves crept in for Navarro as Gauff rattled off three video games in a row to take the competition to a 3rd set.
Into the third, Gauff’s serve let her down badly as Navarro ultimately broke twice en path to a shocking victory.
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