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Agence France-Presse

Coco Gauff joined Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz on the US Open scrapheap on Sunday, as the defending champion crashed out to Emma Navarro in a blizzard of mistakes.
Third-ranked Gauff slumped to a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 fourth round defeat on the back of 19 double faults and 60 unforced errors.
The 20-year-old’s exit means Serena Williams remains the last woman to successfully defend the US Open title back in 2014.
“I lost in the first round the last two years and now to be making the quarter-finals is pretty insane,” said American Navarro, who will face Spain’s Paula Badosa for a place in the semi-finals.
“This is the city I was born in and it feels so special to be playing here. Coco is an amazing player. I have a ton of respect for her and I know she’s going to come back here and win this thing again.”

Badosa had earlier dispatched China’s Wang Yafan in a comprehensive 6-1, 6-2 victory.
Despite the one-sided scoreline, the first two games took 17 minutes. Badosa saved all eight break points she faced.
“It was so humid I thought I was going to die,” said the 26-year-old New Yorker. “I knew she was tough but I’m tougher.”
Gauff’s loss was another body blow to the season’s final grand slam event, after defending men’s champion Djokovic was knocked out in the third round in his earliest exit since 2006.
Fellow crowd-pleaser Alcaraz, the 2022 winner in New York and reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion, was stunned in the second round.
Navarro beat Gauff at Wimbledon in July and was dominant again on Sunday from the outset.
The 23-year-old broke for 4-2 in the first set and sealed the opener in the ninth game where one rally stretched to 27 shots.
Navarro stretched to a 4-3 lead in the second set with another break after Gauff had committed her eighth double fault of the tie.
However, Gauff, who had dropped the first set in her third round win against Elina Svitolina, hit back to reel off the next three games and level the match.
It was just a brief respite for the champion as she served up three more double faults in the third game of the decider to slip a crucial break down again.
The night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium concludes with China’s Zheng Qinwen facing Donna Vekic of Croatia in a rematch of the Olympic Games final.
Zheng has unleashed a tournament-leading 39 aces over three rounds at this year’s US Open.


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Defending champion Coco Gauff joins US Open fallen stars after New York horror show

Coco Gauff sent down 19 double faults in her loss to Emma Navarro. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

China’s Wang Yafan hits a return against during her match against Spain’s Paula Badosa. Photo: DPA

US Open: Novak Djokovic laments ‘worst tennis I ever played’ in stunning third-round exit

Novak Djokovic embraces Alexei Popyrin after the defending US Open champion’s shock defeat in the third round. Photo: Reuters

Australia’s Alexei Popyrin celebrates after his stunning victory over Novak Djokovic at the US Open. Photo: AP

Novak Djokovic, a four-time US Open champion, waves to the crowd as he leaves the court after his exit. Photo: AP

US Open: ‘My heart dies every time I lose,’ says Naomi Osaka after second-round exit

Naomi Osaka was beaten in straight sets by Karolina Muchova to exit the US Open in the second round. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

Naomi Osaka has struggled in grand slams throughout 2024, failing to get past the second round in any. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

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Gauff serves up disastrous performance, leaving Serena Williams as last woman to successfully defend title in Flushing Meadows


Coco serves up disastrous performance, leaving Serena Williams as last woman to successfully defend title in Flushing Meadows.
