
You might argue Gauff’s game got stuck on the Long Island Expressway too as Garcia took the first four games, showing the kind of return game and baseline ball-striking that has earned her 12 wins in a row and three titles this summer. Gauff started the evening in front of rows and rows of empty seats a combined result of rush hour traffic and rain, apparently, caused havoc with getting people into Flushing Meadows in a timely fashion.

I think it makes me want to work even harder.

“First quarter-final, too, at the US Open, so there’s a lot to be proud of.
