Gauff became tennis’s new sensation earlier this month, when she reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon, beating Venus Williams in the first round. Ranked 313th in the world before Wimbledon, Gauff climbed to 143rd in the world after her run at the All England Club and will be looking to continue her meteoric rise this week.
“I’m really happy to get into the main draw,” she said in her post-match press conference. “I feel like these two matches have prepped me for my first round match, considering I had never been to this tournament before. I’m glad I was able to come and get a feel for how it is playing on site here.”
The teenager is now into her third WTA main draw of her career, after reaching the second round at the Miami Open in March and then reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
Her performances in South West London made her the youngest woman to reach the second week at the tournament since Jennifer Capriati did it in 1991. Overall, she was the youngest woman to qualify for the second week of a Grand Slam since Anna Kournikova reached the round of 16 of the U.S. Open in 1996.
Her reward for reaching the round of 32 in Washington is a match with Diyas, the current number 98 in the world. The 25-year-old reached the second round of the French Open earlier this year, after being eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open. The Kazakh’s only career title came on hard-court when she won the Japan Women’s Open in 2017.
Here’s everything you need to know to keep up with the action.
Round of 32 start time
Coco Gauff’s match is the third scheduled on the John Harris Court on Tuesday, where action begins at 1 p.m. ET when Britain’s Daniel Evans takes on Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka.
Sloane Stephens, meanwhile, will open proceedings on the Stadium Court at 2 p.m. ET.
TV channel
The tournament will be broadcast on Tennis Channel, with coverage beginning at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday and running until 2 a.m. the following day.
Live stream
Fans can watch the action online via Tennis Channel’s official website as well as via live streaming on Direct TV.
Round of 32 full schedule
Daniel Evans and Yoshihito Nishioka open proceedings on the John Harris Court and will be followed by an all-American affair between Reilly Opelka and Christopher Eubanks.
Local hero Frances Tiafoe plays Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in the day’s second match on the Stadium Court, followed by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga against Russia’s Karen Khachanov. The match will not begin before 7 p.m. ET and will be followed by Thai-Son Kwiatkowski playing Nick Kyrgios.
Over on the John Harris Court, Bjorn Fratangelo plays Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the day’s penultimate match, followed by Croatia’s Marin Cilic facing Romania’s Marius Copil.
Among the women, number one seed Sloane Stephens plays Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson in the first match of the day on the Stadium Court. Second-seed Madison Keys plays Hailey Baptiste in an all-American affair, while Gauff plays Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas.
Aside from the teenager, another four U.S. players are in action on Tuesday in the women’s tournament.
Qualifier Sachia Vickery plays Italy’s Camila Giorgi, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon last year, while Catherine McNally faces China’s Zhu Lin. In the bottom half of the draw, Alexandra Kiick plays Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig, the number eight seed in the tournament, while Shelby Rogers takes on France’s Kristina Mladenovic.
Odds
According to Oddsportal, Gauff is a 31/50 favorite to progress through to the next round, while Diyas is a 129/100 outsider.
In terms of winning the tournament, Sloane Stephens is a 23/5 favorite, followed by Madison Keys at 93/20 and Hsieh Su-Wei at 42/5.
Among the men, number one seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is a 7/1 favorite, with South Africa’s Kevin Anderson and Russia’s Daniil Medvedev following at 9/1.
