Prepping in the relative warmth of a gym before heading out with leggings and long sleeves to make her French Open debut against the tournament’s No. Such a far cry from last year’s French Open: Gauff failed to make it out of qualifying, while Konta was making her way to her third Grand Slam semifinal. She also made it to the fourth round at this year’s Australian Open, beating 2019 champion Naomi Osaka en route. The lack of match play coming in. When Konta could have made things more difficult for Gauff, it was the veteran who wavered, the kid who steeled herself.

Source: Fox News September 28, 2020 01:07 UTC