Gauff becomes youngest player to reach 4th round at Wimbledon since 1991
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With her three-set comeback win over Polona Hercog on Friday, 15-year-old Coco Gauff became the youngest player to reach Wimbledon's fourth round since Jennifer Capriati in 1991, according to Sportsnet Stats.
Gauff dropped the first set and had to fight back from match point twice in the second before defeating Hercog 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-5.
She's the seventh-youngest woman to progress to the round of 16 at any Grand Slam in the last 35 years.
American Coco Gauff is now the second-youngest woman ever to reach the Round of 16 at @Wimbledon
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) July 5, 2019
She gets former world No. 1 Simona Halep on Monday. pic.twitter.com/ZVHU2cwF0r
The American qualifier will now play world No. 7 Simona Halep in the round of 16 on Monday.
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