Gauff returns to winning ways with doubles victory
Coco Gauff is back in the win column at the U.S. Open.
A night after getting knocked out of the singles tournament by No. 1 Naomi Osaka, Gauff teamed with Caty McNally to move into the third round of women's doubles.
Team McCoco, as they are calling themselves, beat the No. 9-seeded team of Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke 6-3, 7-6 (9) before a crowd that was packed to the top of Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Gauff, 15, and the 17-year-old McNally remained unbeaten as a team, having won the U.S. Open junior title last year and teaming for their first WTA doubles title this summer in Washington.
They advanced to face the eighth-seeded team of Ash Barty and Victoria Azarenka. Barty, ranked No. 2 in singles, won the U.S. Open doubles title last year with CoCo Vandeweghe.
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