‘It’s really sad’: Coco Gauff advances to Australian Open quarterfinals, but mourns TikTok shutting down in US
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Coco Gauff produced an impressive comeback win to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals on Sunday, eventually downing Belinda Bencic 5-7 6-2 6-1.
Coco Gauff produced an impressive comeback win to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals on Sunday, eventually downing Belinda Bencic 5-7 6-2 6-1. The victory continued Gauff’s unbeaten start to 2025 and marked her ninth consecutive win to start the year – a milestone she has now reached three times in her career. Only Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Serena Williams have enjoyed this many perfect starts to their seasons. “It’s pretty crazy to be amongst the same stat line as legends and I’m very grateful,” the No. 3 seed said in her on-court interview after being told about those statistics. Afterwards, she mourned popular social media site TikTok shutting down in the US ahead of a ban slated to come into effect Sunday, drawing a broken heart on one of the TV camera lenses courtside and writing: “RIP TikTok.” “Hopefully it comes back. It’s really sad … I love TikTok. It’s like an escape. I honestly do that before matches,” she told reporters. “I guess it’ll force me to read books more, be more of a productive human probably. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise.”