Published By: Sports Desk
Last Updated: February 13, 2024, 22:10 IST
Coco Gauff of the United States serves to Katerina Siniakova of Czech Republic throughout the Qatar Open in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)
US Open champion Gauff dropped serve six occasions in an error-strewn show, blowing a 4-0 lead within the second set.
Coco Gauff crashed to a shock second-spherical exit from the Qatar Open on Tuesday with a straight-units defeat by Czech Katerina Siniakova.
The world quantity three’s 6-2, 6-4 loss in her opening match in Doha marked the primary time she has failed to succeed in the quarter-finals of a event since Wimbledon final yr.
US Open champion Gauff dropped serve six occasions in an error-strewn show, blowing a 4-0 lead within the second set.
Siniakova will subsequent face Danielle Collins within the final 16.
Earlier on Tuesday, Australian Open runner-up Zheng Qinwen battled to victory in her first match since shedding the Melbourne closing to Aryna Sabalenka, beating Magda Linette 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
