The 15-year-old was on the wrong end of two match points in the second set before rallying to a 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-5 win. Having already dispatched five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the first round and 2017 semifinalist Magdalena Rybarikova in the second, Gauff was not overwhelmed by the moment. On Hercog’s second match point in the second set, the 28-year-old double-faulted. In the second game of the second set, after her service was broken, Gauff slumped and dropped her racket in frustration. But when it looked as if Hercog would run away with the match, Gauff rallied, fighting off the match points and taking Hercog to a tiebreaker, the first of Gauff’s professional career.

Source: Washington Post July 05, 2019 19:50 UTC