Afterward, the pair met at the net for a warm hug, before Stephens praised the player — and person — Gauff has become.
NEW YORK — Three years ago, a reporter asked Sloane Stephens to point out a younger tennis player most fans might not have heard of yet, someone she thought could become a household name some day. Stephens paused to ponder, but not for long, before responding: Coco Gauff, then 14.
With the Ashe roof shut during a heavy downpour brought by remnants of Hurrican Ida — a tornado warning was in effect in the region and there was flooding around the grounds of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center — the thump-thump-thump of the rain created a bass beat that drowned out the usual sounds of a tennis match. It was so loud Stephens could barely hear the questions during her on-court interview.
Eventually, the tournament gave up on getting that match done in Armstrong and decided to move it to Ashe, where Schwartzman wrapped up a 7-6 , 6-3, 6-4 win just past 1 a.m., following the conclusion of French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas’ 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 , 6-0 victory over Adrian Mannarino. Those moving on in the men’s draw in the afternoon included No. 2 Daniil Medvedev, No. 5 Andrey Rublev and 18-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who takes on Tsitsipas next.
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