Gauff advances to U.S. Open fourth round, reaches second week for fifth straight year

just nowAustria's Anastasia Potapova defeated American 10th seed Amanda Anisimova 6-2 7-5 in the third round at Flushing Meadows on Saturday. Potapova defended 13 of 16 break points to advance to the fourth round for the first time, where she will face either Mirra Andreeva or Nikola Bartunkova.

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1 h agoCoco Gauff advanced to the fourth round at the US Open. Taylor Fritz, Amanda Anisimova and Madison Keys were knocked out of the tournament.

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2 h agoThe fourth seed defeated Cristina Bucsa of Spain with a 6-3, 6-4 victory Saturday at Flushing Meadows. Gauff has now made the second week of the tournament in five consecutive years.

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