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Top seed Gauff rallies to reach WTA Montreal fourth round <\/p>\nWorld number two Coco Gauff battled through another tough three-setter Thursday, rallying from a set and a break down to beat Veronika Kudermetova and reach the fourth round of the WTA Canadian Open. <\/p>\n
Top seed Gauff rallies to reach WTA Montreal fourth round <\/p>\n
The top-seeded American, who won her second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, again struggled with her serve but held her nerve for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over former world number nine Kudermetova. <\/p>\n
“The goal of the game is to survive and advance,” Gauff said. “It’s not my best, but it was good enough for today and that’s all I can ask for.” <\/p>\n
Gauff arrived in Montreal having lost her tournament openers at Wimbledon and Berlin in the wake of her French Open triumph. <\/p>\n
She struggled mightily in her first match in Montreal but came up with a win over Danielle Collins despite 23 double faults. <\/p>\n
The numbers weren’t quite as ugly against Kudermetova, but 14 double faults were damaging enough. <\/p>\n
Seven of them came in the first set, as Gauff let a 4-1 lead get away. <\/p>\n
She had three more double faults in the opening game of the second set to hand Kudermetova a service break, but broke back to level the set at 3-3 and broke Kudermetova to force a third, seizing a 2-0 lead and powering home from there. <\/p>\n
“I’m sure everybody could read my body language,” said Gauff, whose frustration was clear. <\/p>\n
“But mentally I’m very proud of myself. There’s obviously parts of my game to work on, one of that being the serve. <\/p>\n
“And the fact that I’m winning these matches not feeling my best is definitely something to be proud of.” <\/p>\n
In other third-round action, American McCartney Kessler shocked world number five Mirra Andreeva, who got off to a strong start but couldn’t hang on in a 7-6 , 6-4 loss. <\/p>\n
Andreeva, the 18-year-old Russian who electrified the WTA with back-to-back 1000 level wins this year, was playing her first tournament since a quarter-final run at Wimbledon and her first match of the week after a first-round bye and a second-round walkover. <\/p>\n
She jumped to a quick 3-1 lead, but Kessler twice regained a break and after Andreeva failed on two attempts to serve out the opening set the American won the last three points of the tiebreaker to pocket the set. <\/p>\n
Kessler seized the initiative in the second, breaking Andreeva twice on the way to a 4-1 lead. <\/p>\n
Making matters worse for the inconsistent Andreeva, she took a hard spill in the second set, taking a medical time out to have her left ankle bandaged in what could be a worrying sign with the US Open due to start on August 24. <\/p>\n
Kessler will fight for her first WTA 1000 quarter-final appearance against Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk, who beat Daria Kasatkina 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 . <\/p>\n
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