Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula set for all-American Wimbledon quarter - ESPN

American Coco Gauff recovered from dropping the opening set to defeat Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday and reach her first Wimbledon quarterfinal — the only major where she had yet to reach that stage.

Gauff, the No. 7 seed, served out the win on No. 1 Court at 10:58 p.m. local time — just two minutes before the All England Club's 11 p.m. curfew. She tapped her left wrist with the fingers on her right hand to acknowledge the timely ending.

Had she been broken, the match would have been suspended and resumed Monday.

«Super happy to be in the quarters, finally,» Gauff said in her on-court interview. «I was looking at the clock the last service game. I was like, 'I got to hit some big serves and some big shots.' And honestly, that match point, I was going for a serve and volley because I was like, 'I need to end the point.'

»That was probably the most dramatic finish. I've never had to race against time. Playing tennis we're used to not having a clock. But honestly, today I felt the pressure.… Glad I didn't choose basketball."

Gauff, 22, is the youngest American woman to reach the quarterfinals at each of the Grand Slams since Serena Williams did so at 19 years old at the 2001 French Open.

With the win, Gauff set up an all-American quarterfinal clash with No. 4 Jessica Pegula, who defeated fellow American Iva Jovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 earlier Sunday. It will be the first all-American ladies' match at Wimbledon between top-10 seeds since the 2009 final between Serena and Venus Williams.

Gauff now has 17 major-match wins after dropping the opening set. She improved to 23-7 in three-setters at majors, the third-best record by any woman in the Open era after Steffi Graf and Wendy Turnbull (minimum 25 matches).

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