French Open: Coco Gauff battles back to beat Mirra Andreeva in three sets, ends 16-year-old's run

Sixth seed Coco Gauff is into the fourth round at the French Open after battling back from a set down to beat Mirra Andreeva 6-7(5) 6-1 6-1 on Saturday. Andreeva has stunned Roland-Garros with the way she has taken to Grand Slam tennis and she took the battle to Gauff, as both players exchanged multiple breaks in the opening set. Ad Gauff emerged as a 15-year-old and she is still only 19, but this was a rare chance for the promising American to come up against a younger opponent.

Roland-Garros'An emphatic way to finish!' — Gauff claws a set back to force decider32 MINUTES AGO Andreeva is 16 years old and ranked No. 143 in the world. However, she was a junior finalist in this year’s Australian Open so there is plenty of evidence to suggest that she has potential to handle herself on the full WTA tour.

Gauff is ranked No. 6 in the world and a finalist at Roland-Garros last year, so is looking to go one further this year for her first Grand Slam win. She has an Auckland Classic win under her belt this year, but her promising form did not stop the younger player moving ahead, but Gauff was able to battle back to 4-4.

Rybakina withdraws from French Open moments before third-round match Rune into fourth round with straight-sets victory over Olivieri Robson believes French Open crowd 'finding that balance' with boos for players The set was evenly balanced for almost all of its 61 minutes before the Russian took the tie-break 7-5. However, Gauff held up under pressure and moved 4-1 clear in the second set as she looked to take the match the distance, and a leaping crosscourt backhand, taken on the rise, demonstrated her growing confidence to take her to 20 winners. Gauff broke early in the third set to go 3-1 up, and she was