Coco Gauff suffered from an early WTA 1000 exit in Qatar, where he drowned in the defeat of straight groups to Marta Kostyuk in the second round after performing errors.
World No. 3 was hit 6-2 7-5 in Doha in its first match since it came out of the Australian Open in the quarter-finals by Paula Badosa last month.
Gauff – which committed 39 non -imitated mistakes and hit only eight winners – Kostyuk ladder two points for the match with successive double errors in the twelfth match of Group Two.
The second Ukrainian turned the second when its opponent slapped a back blow to the network and will now face Magda Linette in Poland or Maddalena Frech at the end of 16.
“Coco is an incredible fighter. We always have incredible matches.
“I tried to stick to what I had to do. I am very happy because he worked in two groups.”
World No. 2 Iga swiaatekWhich is chasing the fourth consecutive Qatar title, began to win 6-3 6-2 over Maria Sakari on Monday.
World No. 1 Arena Sabalanka It begins on Tuesday afternoon, against Emma Radocano Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Alexandrova defeated Radocano 6-3 7-5 on Sunday, when the British was subjected to a third consecutive loss in the first and fourth consecutive rounds in all championships after leaving the third round to Swimik in the Australian Open.
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