Grand Slam bubble bursts for U.S. teen Gauff
By Reuters
05 September 2020 |
3:10 pm
A U.S. Open expected to produce surprises in the unnerving calm of a fanless Flushing Meadows delivered on day one as American teen sensation Coco Gauff was eliminated from the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time.
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