Coco Gauff crashed to a shock second-round exit from the Qatar Open on Tuesday with a straight-sets defeat by Czech Katerina Siniakova.
The world quantity three’s 6-2, 6-4 loss in her opening match in Doha marked the primary time she has failed to achieve the quarter-finals of a event since Wimbledon final yr.
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US Open champion Gauff dropped serve six instances in an error-strewn show, blowing a 4-0 lead within the second set.
Siniakova will subsequent face Danielle Collins within the final 16.
Earlier on Tuesday, Australian Open runner-up Zheng Qinwen battled to victory in her first match since dropping the Melbourne last to Aryna Sabalenka, beating Magda Linette 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.