London: Coco GoffOf Wimbledon Her challenge came to an end when she lost to a known enemy in the third round on Saturday. Amanda Anisimova 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1 in the All-American Showdown.
With two Florida-based players dropping out of the junior rankings at the same time, Anisimova defeated Goff to win the 2017 U.S. Open Junior Championships.
So when the two went to center court on the sixth day of the championship, everyone already knew each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
Yet during the opening matches, 11th seed Goff threatened to defeat Anisimova as she got two break points 4-0. The mistake of 18-year-old Goff and the smash made by her opponent kept 20th seed Anisimova alive in that game.
Since then, Anisimova has struggled to return to the competition, winning the next four games to take a 4-3 lead, which was extremely tense in the first set.
When Anisimova hit a forehand in the net to surrender the opening set, Goff shook the center court, roaring “Let’s go.”
At the time, Goff had scored 51 off 101 balls to separate the two players by just one point.
But Anisimova refused to roll over and took a break in the second set to take a 3-1 lead. Since then, she was determined to make her debut TennisRemember the most famous phase of the day.
The backhand winner sealed the victory and Goff denounced his first defeat at Wimbledon.
Anisimova’s Serena Williams will face winner Harmony Tan to advance to the semifinals.
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