Coco Gauff powers past Elena-Gabriela Ruse in straight sets to reach the third round of the US Open

Coco Gauff has reached the third round of the US Open after a hard-fought 6-2 7-6(4) win over Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse on Louis Armstong Stadium. The 2022 French Open finalist fought hard to overcome the Romanian after taking the first set in just 35 minutes.

Ad Gauff was broken in the third and seventh games of the second set and faced two set points, but she broke back both times before sealing the win in the tie-break. US OpenDominant Gauff powers her way past Jeanjean into US Open second round29/08/2022 AT 20:08 Gauff will play No.

20 seed Madison Keys in an all-American battle in the third round. More to follow...