Coco Gauff had hoped to reset on the Cincinnati Open after a string of defeats to lower-ranked gamers, however the American might be looking for solutions again at house after a loss in her opener ended her title defence.
The Florida-based 20-year-old arrived in Cincinnati on the again of 4 tour-level losses to unfancied gamers going again to the French Open in June and was defeated 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 by Kazakh World No. 34 Yulia Putintseva on Thursday.
The defeat was a giant blow to her preparations for the U.S. Open, the place she’s going to bid to retain her trophy.
“I really feel like I’ve to work on consistency, total,” Gauff, who will drop one spot to World No. 3 subsequent week, instructed the WTA Tour after declining a press convention.
“I’ll most likely go house and attempt to reset,” she stated. “Clearly, I’ve lots developing quickly with the U.S. Open, so I feel simply making an attempt to reset and be prepared for that.”
Gauff made 50 unforced errors within the match, together with 9 double faults, and stated it was removed from her finest efficiency.
“I made lots of errors, particularly after I was up 4-2 (within the third set). I feel a lot of the factors she received had been off my errors,” Gauff stated. “She’s all the time a tough opponent to play. She mixes up the ball, has drop photographs, slices. She’s somebody that makes you earn the match.”
Gauff was not the one large title going out, as Putintseva’s compatriot and fourth seed Elena Rybakina crashed to a 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 defeat by former U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez after squandering two match factors.