But Krejcikova, too, struggled with her nerves and her serve on Wednesday. She has been open this week about her efforts to manage the mental strain of going deep at a major tournament. But Gauff double-faulted on the opening point of the match on Wednesday and finished with seven, often catching her service tosses. Despite falling behind 5-0 in the second set, she did not go through the motions. She kept fighting, holding serve and with the crowd behind her, saving three match points to break Krejcikova’s serve in the next game and then saving two more match points as she held serve to close to 5-3.

Source: New York Times June 09, 2021 13:09 UTC