Coco’s Gone.
In an All-American showdown at the U.S. Open, defending champion Coco Gauff got eliminated by New York-born Emma Navarro.
Under-the-radar Emma – as she calls herself –is now in the spotlight.
And the U.S. Open quarterfinals, thanks to a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory.
“It’s pretty insane. I lost in the first round the last two years,” Navarro said in an on-court TV interview. “It’s the city I was born in, and it feels so special to be playing here.”
Last year Gauff claimed her first Major here in Flushing.
A season ago, Navarro was ranked 149th in the world, playing in a $25,000 tournament in Naples.
Now she has unseated Gauff — her Olympic roommate, both wearing their Olympic necklaces — and reached the U.S. Open quarterfinal. And she did it thanks to Gauff’s sloppiness.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]