She has lost to Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys and Naomi Osaka in recent years. In the decades since, Williams and her sister Serena have seen a talented generation of black women players emerge, even if Venus has sometimes suffered at their hands. If they see me on TV : ‘Who is this? This is Venus? She plays tennis? I’ve never seen a girl playing tennis.’” It’s mostly because tennis is kind of an expensive sport at times … I think I’ve really helped bring it. “Generally, you don’t see too many black people playing tennis, not on the tour, not anywhere you go really. “I think that I’ve had a good effect,” she said. It remains to be seen if Gauff can upset Swiatek tonight.T wenty-two years ago in Indian Wells, a 16-year-old Venus Williams, still ranked only 211th in the world, was reeling from a brutal loss to Lindsay Davenport when she was asked about the impact she had already left on young black women in tennis.
Andreescu had a 3-1 lead, before Gauff responded with back-to-back breaks to win five games in a row and to complete a three-set win.
Just like it was the case in the first two sets, Andreescu opened a 2-0 lead at the start of the third set. However, this time Gauff didn't manage to win the set from a break down as Andreescu broke Gauff again in the 10th game, when the American was serving to stay in the second set. Again, Gauff responded as she broke back Andreescu in the fourth game to tie the second set to two games apiece.
Down by a break, Gauff responded as she broke Andreescu in the fourth and 10th games to overturn the deficit and win the first set.Īfter losing the first set, Andreescu started the second set with a 2-0 lead.
On Thursday night, Gauff got off to a slow start versus Andreescu as the Canadian Opened an early 2-0 lead. Iga is a champion and it’s going to be an opportunity to see if I improved since the last time," Gauff said of facing Swiatek. “Obviously the level is going to be great. Tonight, Gauff is playing first-seeded Swiatek for a place in the San Diego Open semifinal.
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