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A drained Coco Gauff falls to Elise Mertens at the China Open days after dealing with racist abuse - NBC Sports
Coco Gauff lost to a player she had beaten in all five of their previous matchups after receiving what she described as an “insane” amount of racist comments on social media following a controversial point in the preceding round.
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7 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
BEIJING Coco Gauff said she had no energy in her loss to Elise Mertens at the China Open on Wednesday. The 6-3, 6-3 defeat to a player Gauff had beaten in all five of their previous matchups came da…