{"id":67120,"date":"2026-09-06T15:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/67120\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T15:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:26:23","slug":"tennis-fans-divided-over-insane-coco-gauff-stat-as-straight-set-win-sends-her-into-us-open-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/67120\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis fans divided over &#8216;insane&#8217; Coco Gauff stat as straight-set win sends her into US Open Round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Tennis fans cannot agree on one statistic after Coco Gauff\u2019s victory over Cristina Bucsa at the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff defeated Bucsa in straight sets (6-3, 6-4) to reach the Round of 16, where she will face fellow American Iva Jovic.<\/p>\n<p>It is the 19th time that Gauff has reached the last 16 of a Grand Slam in her professional tennis career.<\/p>\n<p>Many would describe this as an outstanding achievement for a 22-year-old, but several critics have a different view.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2293232011-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"USA's Coco Gauff celebrates after defeating Spain's Cristina Bucsa at the conclusion of their women's singles third round tennis match on day seven of the US Open tennis tournament\" \/>Photo by ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP via Getty ImagesCoco Gauff reaches another US Open Round of 16<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of tennis fans commented on ESPN\u2019s social media post about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/coco-gauff\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98578\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coco Gauff<\/a> reaching the Round of 16 19 times.<\/p>\n<p>One fan claimed that \u201cshe will save American tennis,\u201d and another suggested that she is a \u201cpotential GOAT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoco is running a Hall of Fame career on a college schedule,\u201d said another, while a fourth wrote: \u201c19 Round of 16s before turning 23 is insane consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, many others argued that the statistic highlights Gauff\u2019s consistent failures in the biggest matches.<\/p>\n<p>MORE US OPEN TENNIS STORIES<\/p>\n<p>The American is a two-time Grand Slam champion, but she has only reached three finals in four seasons as a top-ranked player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c19 R16s is nothing special. Fans hyping basic stats like this make tennis so boring,\u201d commented an X user.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"grv-tpwp-permalink-overlay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/talkingpoints\/us-open-2026\/who-has-surprised-you-the-most-at-the-us-open-so-far-and-why\/\" aria-label=\"Who has surprised you the most at the US Open so far and why?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">       <\/p>\n<p> Who has surprised you the most at the US Open so far and why? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/whohassurprisedthemost-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179807\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p>Two others posted that the Round of 16 \u201cis starting to look more like a ceiling,\u201d and that \u201cit just shows she folds early every slam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While those comments were harsh, that comes with the territory of being a world-class athlete in the age of social media.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Tennis fans cannot agree on one statistic after Coco Gauff\u2019s victory over Cristina&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[185,28,616],"class_list":["post-67120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-coco-gauff","tag-tennis","tag-us-open-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}