Coco Gauff joined Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz on the US Open scrapheap as the defending champion crashed out to Emma Navarro in a blizzard of mistakes.
As Gauff exited on Sunday, US hopes were then rekindled when Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz reached the men’s last-eight, igniting hopes of a first homegrown male Grand Slam champion since Andy Roddick’s win in New York in 2003.
The 20-year-old’s exit means Serena Williams remains the last woman to successfully defend the US Open title back in 2014.
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