Coco Gauff suffers Wimbledon humiliation as she exits in the first-round
Just weeks after lifting the French Open trophy and entering Wimbledon as the No. 2 seed, Coco Gauff's grass-court journey came to an abrupt and jarring halt on Monday evening. In a result that has sent shockwaves through the tennis world, the 20-year-old American fell 7-6(3), 6-1 to Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska in the opening round - her earliest Grand Slam exit in nearly two years.While Gauff has enjoyed a meteoric rise since bursting onto the scene as a 15-year-old at Wimbledon in 2019, her struggles on grass remain unresolved. Monday's loss was a stark reminder of her difficulties adapting to the surface's nuances - poor timing, errant footwork, and a rash of unforced errors contributed to a flat and lifeless performance.Despite entering the match as the heavy favorite, Gauff was undone by a litany of mistakes, including nine double faults […]
