Wrap your head around this: Coco Gauff is just 15 years old, and after battling to a narrow win over 26-year-old Timea Babos on Thursday, she’s moving on to the third round of the U.S. Open.
That makes her the youngest woman to reach the third round since Anna Kournikova in 1996. Coco Mania is very real! Everyone from James Harden to Kobe Bryant to the crowd in New York is showing love.
This is a thrilling time in women’s tennis, with a bunch of youngsters coming up and taking the olds by storm. Gauff is going to advance to play top-ranked 21-year-old Naomi Osaka, and 23-year-old Taylor Townsend stunned everybody by upsetting No. 4 Simona Halep on Thursday.
Plus, how could we discount Canada’s own Bianca Andreescu? She’s also heading into the third round after breezing through her first two matches — and with that win, she moves into the top-10.
In conclusion, the kids are real good.
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