By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, May 11, 2025
Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty
Flushing Meadows is a long way from the Foro Italico.
Still, we may see Times Square-level electricity pop among the muscular marble statues when US Open champions Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu square off on Rome’s red clay for a quarterfinal spot.
Today, the fourth-seeded Gauff dispatched Magda Linette 7-5, 6-3 to reach the round of 16 for the fourth time.
The resurgent Raducanu rebounded resoundingly.
Raducanu roared through 12 of the last 13 games in a 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 win over Veronika Kudermetova to reach her maiden Rome round of 16.
The 21-year-old Gauff is the youngest woman to reach the Rome round of 16 four times since former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in 2011.
Despite patches of sloppy serving—Gauff hit six double faults with no aces—the WTA Finals champion found her range and rhythm as the match progressed in avenging a 6-4, 6-4…
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