Overview

• Coco Gauff beat Donna Vekic 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 to reach the third round, where she will face 28th seed Magdalena Frech on Saturday.
• Gauff was in tears during a shaky first set marked by seven double faults, then settled to drop just one double fault in the second and credited Simone Biles’ support from the stands.
• Gauff confirmed she recently added biomechanics specialist Gavin MacMillan to rework her serve, acknowledging short-term growing pains in the new motion.
• Defending men’s champion Jannik Sinner swept Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to extend his hard-court Grand Slam winning streak and set up a meeting with Denis Shapovalov.
• Carlos Alcaraz advanced 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 over Luciano Darderi after a brief right-knee check, said he is not concerned, and will face Arthur Rinderknech next, while Naomi Osaka reached the last 32 to play Daria Kasatkina.