Gauff doesn't hit the brakes and turns the derby with Jovic into a rout

Coco Gauff continues to confirm herself as perhaps, the top contender for the title at the 2026 US Open. Her path in Flushing Meadows is absolutely flawless: today she faced her most difficult hurdle yet, the match of the day against a strong Iva Jovic eager to make a big upset and break through at Grand Slams. Unfortunately for her, on the other side of the net was Coco at her finest: relentless defenses, an ability to return every ball that is practically out of the ordinary, and a consistency and regularity in her tennis that turned the most anticipated match into a routine affair (6-1, 6-4).

The start of the match was a test of what awaited Iva, a kind of torture chamber where the instruments of damage were called legs, speed, intensity, and defense-attack transition. While Jovic kept hitting again and again against Coco's wall, the American's confidence only continued to rise, remaining unfazed even when she lost the break advantage she had in the second set. She made it look easy, a sign of the incredible shape she is in.

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There are few players who flow on the court like Coco does: she has never conveyed such a sense of impenetrability. Against her, you feel almost compelled to finish the point on several occasions, with errors piling up as an unequivocal consequence of this. The big question regarding Gauff was whether she would be able to maintain her form from Cincinnati in New York... and for now, physically, there are no signs of problems, allowing her to keep flying in Flushing Meadows.

So far, Gauff has a record of 8-0 in sets and is already eyeing the quarter-finals: there she will face Mirra Andreeva in what promises to be a real blockbuster. That makes it 10 consecutive wins for the American, 9 of them in straight sets, and 12 Grand Slam quarter-finals, statistics that continue to place her in a remarkable historical position... which would increase, of course, if she manages to take the title next Saturday.

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