Coco Gauff keeps Prakash Amritraj on his toes after returning to Rome finale: “Do I look like Raven-Symoné to you?”

The world No. 4 is thru to her second WTA 1000 remaining of the yr, having completed runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka on the Miami Open. Gauff put collectively her most full efficiency of the event in opposition to Cirstea, avoiding going three units for the primary time since her opening win within the second spherical over Tereza Valentova.

“In those bigger points, I was able to be more steady and make it physical, not let her dictate. When you let her dictate, it’s really hard,” she commented. “I think my first-serve percentage was pretty high, so that was pretty important.”

Interjected Amritraj, “Almost 80 percent first serves in.”

“Oh cool, yay,” mentioned a happy Gauff, earlier than including, “I felt the difference when I was serving today versus my night match against Mirra. I was like, ‘oh my serves are actually doing some damage on the court.'”