Coco Gauff knocked out in the second round of WTA 1000 in Qatar after a screen with Marte Kostyuk error Tennis news
Coco Gauff suffered an early exit to the WTA 1000 in Qatar, sinking to a direct defeat to Marta Kostyuk in the second round, after the appearance that was on neglected errors.
The World No 3 was beaten 6-2 7-5 in Doha in his first match since Paul Bados knocked her out with the Australian Open on the quarterfinal phase last month.
Gauff – who made 39 uninformed mistakes and hit only eight winners – gave Kostyuk two points with consecutive double mistakes in the 12th set.
The Ukrainian converted the other of them when her opponent rammed into the net and now he would face Polish Magda Linette or Maddalen Frech in the last 16.
Kostyuk, world no. 21, she said in her interview on the field: “Coco is an amazing fighter. We always have amazing matches.
“I tried to stick to what I had to do. I am very happy that it managed in two sets.”
World no. 2 Iga Swiatekwhich persecute the fourth consecutive Qatari open title, began its tournament with a win 6-3 6-2 over Maria Sakkari on Monday.
World no. 1 Aryna Sabalanka He started on Tuesday afternoon against the conquest of Emterina Alexander’s Emma Raducan.
Alexander’s defeated Raducan 6-3 7-5 on Sunday, undergoing a BRIT to the third straight first round loss and the fourth rush on all tournaments after leaving the third round at the Swiatek at the Australian Open.
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