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Defending champion Coco Gauff came back from a set down to beat Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and reach the fourth round of the US Open.<\/b><\/p>\n
American third seed Gauff\u2019s bid to become the first woman to defend the title since Serena Williams in 2014 is still alive after a hard-fought 3-6 6-3 6-3 victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.<\/p>\n
Svitolina earned the first break of the match in the eighth game when she superbly broke to love after Gauff\u2019s backhand could only find the net.<\/p>\n
A nervous silence then fell on the main show court at Flushing Meadows and Gauff could be heard saying to her team \u201cI\u2019m missing so much in the net\u201d.<\/p>\n
Three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Svitolina, 29, then followed-up the break of serve with a hold to love to secure the first set.<\/p>\n
After saving a break point, Gauff set up the first of her own in the sixth game of the second set and converted it with a brilliant cross-court forehand winner.<\/p>\n
With her confidence boosted and the crowd behind her, Gauff then held serve to take firm control of the second set.<\/p>\n
After a Svitolina hold, Gauff served out the set to love to force a decider, letting out a huge roar in front of her home crowd.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old American continued her momentum by breaking Svitolina\u2019s serve twice to surge into a 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n
After failing to convert three match points Gauff eventually secured the win with her fourth, screaming to the crowd in delight.<\/p>\n
She will take on the winner of the match between American Emma Navarro and Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk for a place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n