But in tennis, even a 6-0 set isn’t a guarantee that a match will go the winning player’s way: It’s not unusual for the player on the receiving end of a bagel to go out swinging freely and mount a major comeback.
Gauff was determined to not give Kenin an inch as she reeled off all 12 games in a row on Thursday afternoon:
Q. Taylor Fritz talks about when you win a first set 6-0 sometimes it’s a curse. Did you ever feel any kind of nerves or like, it can all go downhill from here in the second set?
COCO GAUFF: I wasn’t thinking about that today, but after the match I did think about it. I did have a little bit of nerves, and only the first game in the second set, because I feel like I want to hold serve. Sometimes that momentum can easily change.
I think if you start that game holding serve, it’s much different if she comes out and she’s serving and you lose that game. I feel if you go out and you hold serve, it’s a big difference.
At 5-0, I really wanted the 6-0, so I was a little bit nervous that game too (smiling).
