American teenager Coco Gauff didn’t let 10 double-faults, 12 break factors or a warning from the chair umpire about receiving teaching from her father disrupt her progress into the second spherical at Roland Garros.
The 18-year-old Gauff started her journey to Paris with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over Canadian qualifier Rebecca Marino on Sunday. Gauff’s greatest efficiency at any Grand Slam match got here a 12 months in the past on the French Open, the place she reached the quarterfinals earlier than dropping to eventual champion Barbora Krejcikova.
Gauff had some serving points in opposition to Marino however managed to put aside 10 of the 12 break factors she confronted. One key stat that helped Gauff was that she made solely 16 unforced errors, whereas Marino amassed 40.
Marino was showing within the French Open for the primary time since 2011.
