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USTA to Defy Age Eligibility Rule for Cori...Cori "qualifies" for DC. Curious that as of today she was 5 spots from qualifying, per Spiceboy at the TF, to suddenly "qualifying", Svetlana can't get a visa to defend her title in DC and the maindraw is out for the event ere the qualifying draw..... She plays tomorrow at 2 p.m. est.... https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... citi-open/
Re: USTA to Defy Age Eligibility Rule for Cori...American teenage sensation Coco Gauff continued her stunning run by easing into the Washington Open main draw with a dominant win in final qualifying. Gauff, 15, needed only an hour and five minutes to beat Japan's Hiroko Kuwata in a 6-1 6-2 win. It will be her third WTA main draw appearance after Miami and Wimbledon. After her SW19 exploits, where she beat Venus Williams on her way to the last 16, Gauff's qualifier was watched by a near sell-out crowd in the US capital. And she received a standing ovation after clinching victory with a wonderful cross-court winner against 28-year-old Kuwata. Now ranked 143rd in the world after her success at the All England Club, Gauff was unsure whether she would even get into Washington qualifying because she had to use her pre-Wimbledon ranking of 313th to gain entry. The Washington Open, a combined WTA and ATP event, is one of the key warm-events on the American hard-court swing which culminates in next month's US Open. Gauff was the youngest woman to reach the second week of Wimbledon since Jennifer Capriati in 1991. Re: USTA to Defy Age Eligibility Rule for Cori...Next she gets Diyas. She's recently won matches against players that are far better than Diyas. So logically, she should win this match. But this is tennis: another day, another surface, another match. She's doing well despite the spotlights shining in her face. Not easy to do. We know what happened to young Ash Barty when the whole Australia was buzzing about her game. Good luck.
Re: USTA to Defy Age Eligibility Rule for Cori...Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? Good on Ash to put herself in that position though she's no doubt reconnoitering Coco's abilities if and when they meet in a tour event. |