139, received a wild-card entry into the Open’s main draw as USTA officials skirted the WTA’s age-15 eligibility bylaws. As first reported by The Post, Gauff, ranked No. When my dad told me I was coming here, I thought it would be a perfect thing for me to get preparation for the U.S. Any chance to play against someone on the tour is great. “I’m limited to how many tournaments I can play. “It’s a good opportunity to play a match in a match environment,” Gauff, Teen Vogue’s August cover girl, said at a Tuesday press conference in Winston-Salem. 1 had she made the finals in Cincinnati last week, but she was upset in the semifinals. More than 3,000 fans will be in the stadium, and grounds passes were sold to watch it on a video screen.īarty, 23, won the French Open last spring and would have vaulted to No. Gauff’s big Open-prep appearance prompted tickets to sell out in two hours once announced last month. It’s the first women’s match played at the men’s tournament. 2 seed, the surging Aussie Ashleigh Barty, at the site of the Winston-Salem Open, an ATP event. Gauff will square off against the Open’s No. The Wimbledon darling, whose professional tournament opportunities are limited by the WTA’s age-restriction rules, is playing a non-sanctioned exhibition match. Gauff has one last warmup date Wednesday night in North Carolina before storming into Flushing Meadows for her first appearance in the U.S. Tennis star's fiancé, rivals react to her jaw-dropping retirementĪsh Barty's legendary tennis career in PhotosĬoco Gauff, the 15-year-old tennis sensation, says she wants to “change the world.” First she will look to win a U.S. Giants legend highlights loaded field at new celebrity golf event Former US Open champ announces she's pregnant, a year after retirement
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