Coco Vandeweghe Beats Eugenie Bouchard, Into 4th Round In Australia
... Open and French Open semifinals and the Wimbledon final in 2014, leveled the match with two breaks in a dominant second set. The 22-year-old Canadian broke Vandeweghe’s serve to open the third set and appeared to be in control until the American rallied. After holding in the key eighth game of the third set, when she saved four break points in a game that went to deuce eight times, Vandeweghe had the benefit of serving first to establish with no tiebreakers in the deciding set. She easily held for a 6-5 lead and then, after Bouchard had a game point, went on a roll to close with a big backhand winner on her first match point. Vandeweghe has reached the quarterfinals and the fourth round in the last two years at Wimbledon, but her run to the third round in Australia in 2016 was her best at ...
The Feisty 25-year-old Spicing Up The Aus Open
... like ‘man, better get some toilet paper out there’,” she added. Finally, the rising star – who is earning a reputation for being cocky – compared her performance to “a freight train – you couldn’t stop it”. In a separate interview following her win over Bouchard, she was asked how it ranked in her list of career achievements: “Actually, not that high.” Ouch. Meanwhile, she revealed she “felt like crap” during her straight-sets win over Kerber. Not to mention her first-round win over Vinci, during which she took a 10-minute timeout because she thought she was going to “barf on court”. Her motto? “Fake it till you make it” – something she picked up from her grandmother, a former Miss America. Vandeweghe’s ruthless performance at her sixth Australian Open is a far cry from previous attempts, having only advanced past the first round on two occasions. Not only is the California-based player performing extremely well against the world’s best, she’s a hell of a lot of fun to watch. In terms of X-factor, the feisty blonde has it in spades. On court, she plays with the power and ferocity of a ...
Coco Vandeweghe Thrashes Garbine Muguruza To Enter Australian Open Semifinals
... in Thursday’s semifinal. Vandeweghe had said after she defeated Kerber the key to overcoming last year’s French Open champion was to “beat her to that punch.”. While neither gave an inch in the opening salvos of the first set, the American’s brutal groundstrokes finally produced some sustained pressure on the Spaniard in the seventh game. Read more | After 10 years, my girlfriend gets a wild card to come at AUS Open: Rafael Nadal. She held five break points that Muguruza fought off but the Spaniard then handed the advantage to the world number 35 with a double fault that gave the American a 4-3 lead, which ultimately was the only difference between the pair in the first set. “It was quite frustrating for me to have so many break points because I was second guessing myself on what to do with the returns,” Vandeweghe said. “I think the pressure got to her because she gave me the double fault.”. Read more | This tennis star says how Maria Sharapova marred his career. Vandeweghe fought ...
Is Coco Vandeweghe Gay & Coming Out
... I mean, if somebody’s different, he falls out, doesn’t he?”Stakhovsky said. The Ukranian ranked #60 in the world. “In a locker room, where half the guys walking in towels are naked, yeah, you definitely would see something different, no?”. Quoted by a Ukrainian media outlet in July, Stakhovsky said that half of the women on the WTA are lesbians and that he would never want his daughter to play tennis because of it. In his latest statement, he denies those comments but maintained his stand about lesbians in tennis. Coco Vandeweghe gay: Is Stakhovsky talking about her. One of the names in the WTA, which has been recently making noise is 25-year-old American Coco Vandeweghe. The player is currently ranked #35. Vandeweghe has won two WTA titles, both at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. As it stands, there have been no official mentions of Coco in this controversy but that hasn’t stopped netizens from inquiring over her possible inclusion in the said group of LGBTs. Online forums have speculated about the sexual identity and preference of Coco but nothing, as of this report, has been substantiated. ...
Kerber Gets To 4th Round; Vandeweghe Also Wins
... who reached the Australian Open and French Open semifinals and the Wimbledon final in 2014, leveled the match with two breaks in a dominant second set. The 22-year-old Canadian broke Vandeweghe's serve to open the third set and appeared to be in control until the American rallied. After holding in the key eighth game of the third set, when she saved four break points in a game that went to deuce eight times, Vandeweghe had the benefit of serving first to to take command of the match with no tiebreakers in the deciding set. She easily held for a 6-5 lead and then, after Bouchard had a game point, went on a roll to close with a big backhand winner on her first match point. Vandeweghe has reached the quarterfinals and the fourth round in the past two years at Wimbledon, but her run to the third round in Australia in 2016 was her best at any major ...
Coco Vandeweghe Smashes Her Racquet To Pieces At The Australian Open
... but tennis player Co Co Vandeweghe seems to be making a bit of a habit out of it. The American was filmed destroying her racquet at the Australian Open on Wednesday - the third time in as many weeks that she has pulled the stunt. Co Co Vandeweghe took her frustrations out on her tennis racquet at the Australian Open on Wednesday night after throwing away a break point to opponent Pauline Parmentier. Vandeweghe was facing off against France's Pauline Parmentier when she lost her temper and took it out on her equipment. The New Yorker won the first set 6-4 and looked to be putting a recent run of bad form behind her, before suffering a hiccup in the second. Having broken her French opponent once, Vandeweghe was looking to serve out the set and take the victory, only to find herself locked at deuce. RELATED ARTICLES. 37 shares. With Parmentier taking ...
Top Seeds Murray, Kerber Through To Australian Open Fourth Round
... nine years ago, smashed 23 aces and a whopping 73 winners in the match. Meanwhile, Stan Wawrinka moved into a fourth-round clash with Andreas Seppi. Italian Seppi, after recovering from a two-set deficit to beat Aussie hope Nick Kyrgios, had to come from behind once again to beat Belgium's Steve Darcis, bouncing back after losing the first set to win the match 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7/1), 7-6(7/2). Wawrinka, the 2014 champion and the only man not named Novak to win the Australian Open in the past six years, also had to recover from a first-set loss, beating Serbian firebrand Viktor Troicki 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(9/7). Kerber cruises in return to form. Defending champion Angelique Kerber has advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open after seeing off Kristyna Pliskova in straight sets. The German world number one blitzed through the ...
Coco's Hot Run Continues
... highlights (QF). Sorry, your browser does not support the video player. Double Faults. Unforced Errors. Co Co Vandeweghe is through to her maiden Grand Slam semifinal after a masterclass performance against world No.7 Garbine Muguruza. Her 6-4 6-0 victory is her third out of four meetings against the Spaniard, who was unable to combat the American’s power throughout the encounter. The opening game was a sign of how the match would play out as the American piled the pressure on Muguruza, earning two break points that the Spaniard was able to save. The seventh game of the set proved pivotal as the two players fought tooth and nail for every shot in a game that would ultimately last over 10 minutes. Vandeweghe eventually broke the Muguruza serve and quickly consolidated before taking the set 6-4. The second set followed a similar pattern to the first, except Vandeweghe was able to take her chance and break in the opening game. Vandeweghe was delighted with her performance, but work still needs to be done if she is to be satisfied ...
Us Recover From Sock Choke At Hopman Cup
... time later to secure the win in 97 minutes. After the match, she gave her broken racket to a fan in the crowd. "Was it smashed? I don't remember doing it," Vandeweghe joked. "I was just trying to keep my team alive. Hopefully we can come out and do some damage in the mixed.". Earlier, Gasquet capitalised on a Sock choke to give France the perfect start to the final. Sock was serving for the match at 6-5 up in the third set, only for Gasquet to break back to love to send it into a deciding tiebreak. The American then held a match point in the tiebreak, but hit a forehand into the net to keep Gasquet alive. Gasquet went on to win the match in two-and-a-half hours. "I let it slip away at the end," Sock said. "I was holding fairly comfortably for a while. So when I got the break I felt pretty good about it. "And then later when I had the match point, I played way too tentatively on it. "If I had it over again, I'd be more aggressive and not decelerate on the ball like I did. "But he puts you under pressure like that, and he comes up with the great ...
Venus Williams, Coco Vandeweghe Have Something To Prove In Semifinal
... serves to Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov during their first round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 16. Andy Brownbill, AP. Spain's Garbine Murguruza hits a forehand to New Zealand's Marina Erakovic during their first round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 16. Aaron Favila, AP. Chris Evert and Rod Laver hold the winners trophies with the ball kids, on the first day of the of the Australian Open on Jan. 16. JOE CASTRO, EPA. Germany's Mona Barthel reaches to return to Australia's Destanee Aiava during their first round match at the Australian Open on Jan. 16. Dita Alangkara, AP. Monica Puig of Puerto Rico reacts while playing against Patricia Maria Tig of Romania during their women's singles first round match at the Australian Open on Jan.16. GREG WOOD, AFP/Getty Images. Shelby Rogers of the USA waves as she walks on court for her first round match against Simona ...
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