Gauff continues dominance as she advances to third round of US Open

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Gauff[/a] advanced to a meeting with another Spaniard, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bucsa-cristina/fkFeyKHL/"]Cristina Bucsa[/a], after powering past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/badosa-paula/Wl76rX3I/"]Badosa[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/badosa-gibert-paula-Wl76rX3I/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/?mid=OEWuF94T"]6-4, 7-6(5)[/a] in just under two hours.[/p][p]The 22-year-old American star, who is chasing a repeat of her 2023 US Open victory, had lost five of her eight previous meetings with Badosa.[/p][p]But Gauff never looked like letting their latest encounter slip with a largely confident performance to open the Arthur Ashe Stadium evening session.[/p][image alt="Gauff-Badosa matchup stats" id="6536f78e-c7fe-4a6b-897c-c20b49db3090" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="b2728804-5645-439e-bb2d-9fe95f47f428" original-width="2160" original-height="3840" /][p]After a steady start, the American broke Badosa in the seventh game of the opening set when the 28-year-old Manhattan-born Spaniard fluffed a risky drop shot into the net.[/p][p]Gauff held serve to love to go 5-3 up before comfortably clinching the set with another rock-solid service game.[/p][p]Gauff looked to be ready to take control early in the second set, when Badosa was broken in the third game - again attempting a delicate drop volley which fell short.[/p][p]Badosa though broke back to knot the set at 4-4 and then held off two break points to move into a 5-4 lead.[/p][p]After Gauff levelled to make it 5-5, the two women swapped breaks of serve to set up the tiebreak, with Gauff sealing victory when Badosa smacked a backhand long.[/p][embed guid="a3b9b35f-3db4-4efa-ac98-db4c8548d64e" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n00F59dJfRc" social-type="youtube" /]