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“In the wind,it’s tough to be aggressive as you want…the bounces are weird…glad I made the adjustment and didn’t get too frustrated…” Coco Gauff said on playing against Marketa Vondrousova in the round robin quarterfinals.
The women were not only trying to win against their opponent, but the wind in Cancun, Mexico’s courts. The weather was not kind to the players and fans as matches were constantly interrupted by downpours and wind. Coco had a stint with her doubles partner Jessie Pegula and didn’t win that battle.
But Pegula had questions for the media and all. “I don’t know why people say I don’t hit hard, because I do. Maybe the press when watching looks like I’m hitting soft.” She took it with a smile but at the same time perplexed.
In Paris at the Rolex Paris Masters, the men weren’t as much bothered by the weather because it’s an indoor event, but unreasonable scheduling of matches as well as their competitors’ strategies were difficult to handle and to capture a victory.
Grigor Dimitrov came up smiling and happy as he defeated Daniil Medvedev, Herbert Hurkacz and Stefanos Tsitsipas to get in the final with Novak Djokovic. It was the first 1000 level that…
