China Open 2025: The defending champion Coco Goff arrived in the second round

Beijing, September 26 (IANS). Coco Goff of America defeated Russia’s Kamila Rakhimova 6-4, 6-0 on Friday to make a brilliant start to protect the title in the China Open Tennist tournament and reach the second round. The 21 -year -old American player won within an hour and 42 minutes after a difficult match in the first set in the United WTA and ATP tournament. After victory, Goff said: “I was hoping the game would be tough. He was an excellent player and in the last few tournaments he had a competitive performance with the top players. Initially I was under a little tension, but slowly but surely got into the rhythm.” In his first game to the US Open, Goff struggled to save four breaking points in the second game and then achieved rhythm. He broke Rakhimova’s service and took a lead of 4-3 and then did not look back and took the first set 6-4. According to the Xinhua report, the French Open champion also acted brilliantly in the second set, broke the service twice and won the match without any serious resistance. Goff saw up and downs in this season. On the clay court, she quotes the final of the WTA 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Rome and won her second Grand Slam title in Holland Garos, where she defeated Aryana Sabalanka in the final. The Dayana of the Ukraine in Wimbledon lost in the first round against Yastremska and later lost to Naomi Osaka in the round of 16 of the US Open. Goff said about the return of Beijing, “For some reason, the pressure here feels less. If you play well somewhere, your trust is increasing a lot. If such difficult moments come, you feel the circumstances of years ago.” Goff will face Canada’s Leyla Fernandez in the next round, who defeated the Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-2, 6-0. -Ians bag shares this story tags