Gauff hangs tough to reach Wimbledon second round

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Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her first round match against Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse - Reuters

LONDON (Reuters): Coco Gauff made sure she was not thrown off course by the noisy racket created by Nick

Kyrgios in a nearby court or by the fact she managed to convert only four of 25 break points as she reached the Wimbledon second round yesterday.

With Australian hot-head Kyrgios up to his usual antics, yelling at the umpire and involved in heated exchanges with other officials during his first-round match, the commotion from Court Three might have distracted Gauff as she lost the opening seven points to Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

But despite the inauspicious start, and her growing frustration in failing to convert so many break points, the 11th seed hung tough for 2-1/2 hours to seal a place in round two with a 2-6 6-3 7-5 win over the little-known Romanian.