Gauff continues French Open defence with convincing win over Sherif

[p]The American fourth seed was too strong for the world number 129 on Court Suzanne Lenglen, winning 6-3, 6-2.[/p][p]"It was a physical match, a tough match, my patience was really tested today," said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Gauff[/a].[/p][p]The 22-year-old, who has reached at least the quarter-finals at Roland Garros in each of the past five years, was not at her best but was never in danger of suffering an upset defeat.[/p][embed guid="2101c642-57c2-4c81-960a-7d970b3797a0" url="https://x.com/rolandgarros/status/2060054546294964234" social-type="twitter" /][p]"No expectations," she insisted when asked if winning the title last year raised her hopes this time around. "I'm just having fun."[/p][p]She broke [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sherif-mayar/0QlxEb7i/"]Sherif[/a] seven times in total during a match in which both players struggled on serve, but sealed the win after an hour and 50 minutes.[/p][p]Sherif has still never reached the third round at a Grand Slam tournament, after losing in round two for the fourth time in five years in Paris.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/abdelaziz-m-0QlxEb7i/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/?mid=0G1LHCp4"]Click here for more on the match[/a][/b][/p]