Coco Gauff came safely in the third round in Roland Garros with a Straight-Sets victory over the Czech teenager Tereza Valentova.
The 2023 US Open Champion and No 2 Seed in Paris, won a 6-2 6-4 victory on Thursday at the Suzanne Lenglen court.
Gauff served before the competition on 5-3 in the second set, only for Valentova, the world no. 172, to break back. But the delay of the teenager was short -lived.
Gauff demanded revenge in the next game to book her place in round three. “She’s very young and I knew it would be a tough match,” Gauff said afterwards.
The American reached the final in Roland Garros in 2022, but her 2025 campaign ended almost before it started.
Before her first round match, the 21-year-old wandered to the Philippe-Chatrier court to start Olivia Gadecki, just to realize that she had forgotten her rackets.
Coco Gauff reached the third round at Roland Garros with a victory over Teen Tereza Valentova
The 2023 US Open Champion and No 2 Seed, achieved a 6-2 6-4 victory over Court Suzanne Lenglen
Valentova, who is only 18 and arranged no. 172 in the world, was beaten in round two by Gauff
They were eventually delivered by a balhous, where Gauff won 6-2 6-2.
“To be honest, as long as I have been on tour, my coach has always put the rackets in the bag before the game because he is very superstitious,” she said after the victory.
‘I blame it for my coach. It’s okay. ‘
Gauff will be confronted with another Czech star in round three, with the 21-year-old world no. 47 Marie Bouzkova accepted.
She was planned to stand together for colleague -American, Emma Navarro, later in the tournament. But the No. 9 seed was beaten 6-0 6-1 by Jessica Bouzas Maleiro in Spain in the first round.
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