US Open: Gauff battles past Tomljanovic to reach second round

American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, edged out Australian Ajla Tomljanovic in a tense three-set battle to move into the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Tuesday night.

Playing her first match since hiring changing her coaching team last week, Gauff looked set to be heading for a straight sets win as she led by a set and a break before Tomljanovic, who ended Serena Williams’ career with a famous late-night win on right here Arthur Ashe Stadium three years ago, fought back to level the set at 4-4.

Gauff served for the match at 6-5 in the second set but the Australian battled back once again to take it in a tiebreak. The American went up an early break in the decider and served for the match for a second time at 5-4 but Tomljanovic wasn’t done just yet.

She fought back to level the decider at 5-5 before Gauff won the final two games to close out the 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 win in three hours.

The American, who won the title here in 2023 and admitted in her post-match on-court interview that the last week had been mentally exhausting for her, will face Croat Donna Vekic next.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90.000.000)

• Anastasia Zakharova beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-3, 6-4

• Naomi Osaka (23) beat Greet Minnen: 6-3, 6-4
• Donna Vekic beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Hailey Baptiste beat Katerina Siniakova: 7-5, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Solana Sierra: 7-5, 6-0
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (13) beat Anastasija Sevastova: 6-4, 6-1
• Eva Lys beat Francesca Jones (Q): 6-0, 7-5
• Laura Siegemund beat Diana Shnaider (20): 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-3
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Sofia Kenin (26): 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
• Linda Noskova (21) beat Dalma Galfi (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Amanda Anisimova (8) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-3, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Caroline Dolehide: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Danielle Collins: 6-2, 6-0
• Viktorija Golubic beat Lois Boisson: 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Emiliana Arango: 6-1, 6-2
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (18) beat Sonay Kartal: 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
• Suzan Lamens beat Valerie Glozman (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Maya Joint beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Marta Kostyuk (27) beat Katie Boulter: 6-4, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (5) beat Alycia Parks: 6-0, 6-1
• Karolina Muchova (11) beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
• Peyton Stearns beat Darja Semenistaja (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Zeynep Sonmez beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Anna Bondar beat Elina Svitolina (12): 6-2, 6-4
• Magdalena Frech (28) beat Talia Gibson (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Elsa Jacquemot beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-2
• Ann Li beat Rebecca Sramkova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (15) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 7-5, 6-1
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Caroline Garcia (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa beat Claire Liu (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Anna Kalinskaya (29) beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
• Elena Rybakina (9) beat Julieta Pareja (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Iva Jovic beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Antonia Ruzic: 6-4, 6-4
• Elise Mertens (19) beat Alyssa Ahn (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Renata Zarazua beat Madison Keys (6): 6-7 (10), 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Barbora Krejcikova beat Victoria Mboko (22): 6-3, 6-2
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Dayana Yastremska (30): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Diane Parry beat Petra Kvitova: 6-1, 6-0
• Priscilla Hon (Q) beat Leolia Jeanjean: 6-3, 7-5
• Liudmila Samsonova (17) beat Yue Yuan: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-0, 6-4
• Victoria Azarenka beat Hina Inoue (Q): 7-6, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Destanee Aiava (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Anna Blinkova beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 6-3, 6-1
• Belinda Bencic (16) beat Shuai Zhang (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (10) beat Yafan Wang: 7-6 (9), 6-3
• Lulu Sun beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
• Jelena Ostapenko (25) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Catherine McNally (WC) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-2, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-5, 6-1
• Alexandra Eala beat Clara Tauson (14): 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (11)
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Olga Danilovic: 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Janice Tjen (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (24): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Emma Raducanu beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Polina Kudermetova beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 2-2 ret.
• McCartney Kessler (32) beat Magda Linette: 7-5, 7-5
• Tereza Valentova (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

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