Overview
- Coco Gauff beat Donna Vekic 7-6 (5), 6-2 after a tense first set with seven double faults, then held serve throughout the second set.
- She credited Simone Biles’ presence in Arthur Ashe Stadium with helping her regain composure during the match.
- Gauff recently added biomechanics specialist Gavin MacMillan to rework her serve and next plays No. 28 seed Magdalena Frech.
- Defending men’s champion Jannik Sinner swept Alexei Popyrin in straight sets to reach round three and is set to face Denis Shapovalov.
- Carlos Alcaraz cruised past Luciano Darderi 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 after a brief right-knee check and will meet Arthur Rinderknech, while Alexander Zverev beat Jacob Fearnley and Jack Draper’s arm injury gave Zizou Bergs a walkover.