Coco Gauff fights through tears and serving woes to reach US Open third round

Coco Gauff fights through tears and serving woes to reach US Open third round

Gauff overcomes shaky serve in 7-6, 6-2 victory World No 3 cries courtside before regrouping Simone Biles’ presence inspires US star to reset Coco Gauff walked off Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night with eyes still wet and a clenched fist raised high. The world No 3 had lived through another serving ordeal, this time against Donna Vekić, yet she emerged intact – emotionally frayed but victorious – with a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win that lifted her into the third round of the US Open. The match was less a straight-line triumph than a public unravelling and recovery, a window into the psychological toll of remaking her most important shot in real time. Gauff’s seven double faults in the first set recalled the low points of her title defense last year, when 19 doomed her campaign. At 5-4 down, broken by two consecutive missed serves, she slumped into her chair shaking, buried her face in a towel and cried. Continue reading...

Sydney marathon 2025: what time does it start, which roads will be closed and what is the route?

Sydney marathon 2025: what time does it start, which roads will be closed and what is the route?

As their city joins the exclusive club of World Marathon Majors, Sydney residents are being urged to leave their cars at home Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sydney Marathon’s debut as Major is timed perfectly with Australia’s running boom Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A record 35,000 runners and upwards of 300,000 spectators are to converge on a new 42.195km marathon course that shows off Sydney on Sunday. It’s the first time the city will be part of the exclusive club of World Marathon Majors , alongside Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York – and runners are in for a treat. Continue reading...