French Open 2022 Live: Youngest player at Roland Garros Coco Gauff thrashes oldest player Kaia Kanepi in battle of ages- Coco Gauff, the youngest player left in the French Open, made the last 16 on Friday with a straight-sets win over Kaia Kanepi, the oldest woman in the tournament at 36. Follow French Open 2022 Live updates on InsideSport.IN
Gauff, the 18-year-old 18th seed, triumphed 6-3, 6-4 to reach the fourth round for a second successive year having enjoyed a run to the quarterfinals in 2021.
French Open 2022 Live: Youngest player at Roland Garros Coco Gauff thrashes oldest player Kaia Kanepi in battle of ages
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Coco en huitièmes à Paris pour la deuxième année de suite 🔥🇺🇸#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/tY81y8FRjq
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Kanepi, ranked 46, was the junior champion at Roland Garros in 2001, three years before Gauff was born.
Gauff defeated the Estonian on her way to the Parma clay court title in 2021 and goes on to face Belgium’s Elise Mertens for a spot in the quarter-finals.
Mertens reached the last 16 with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Varvara Gracheva of Russia.
French Open 2022 Live: Youngest player at Roland Garros Coco Gauff thrashes oldest player Kaia Kanepi in battle of ages
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