Tuesday's US Open first round pits Coco Gauff against Zeynep Sonmez on hard. Coco Gauff brings a 6-match winning streak into this one, 9-1 across the last ten. Zeynep Sonmez comes in at 4 wins from the last ten.
The serve is where this match separates: Gauff has been winning 65.8% of first-serve points to Sonmez's 60.6%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. The edge belongs to Gauff — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.