But as the 21-year-old has done so often in the past, she can find a way to achieve a result, and that is exactly what she did against Dayana Yastremska.

After two hours and 22 minutes, Coco Gais completed a comeback win and secured her 15th game victory of 2025.

What has Coco Gauff achieved for the first time in 2021 in Madrid Open?

After a disappointing Stuttgart Open campaign, Gauff started with her outdoor Clay Court season at the Madrid Open.

She took over Yastremska, who played for the third time in her career and for the second time in a row in Madrid.

A year ago, Gauff lost five games on the way to victory, but in 2025 she lost the first set without losing a game.

But Gauff started to take the second set, and the decisive set lasted more than an hour when Yastremska saved three match points before Gauff claimed a decisive break for 6: 5 and spread the game.

In a game in which both players lost their surcharge in half of their entire service games, Gauff won a 0: 6, 6-2, 7: 5 victory. This is only the second time in Gauff’s career that she won a game after she lost the first set 0: 6.

This happened at the Eastbourne International 2021 when the world number four had gathered to defeat the Belgium’s Elise Mertens.

Who will play Coco Gauff next?

Gauff kept her Madrid Open campaign alive and she will face her compatriot Ann Li.

The 24-year-old built some momentum after winning her opening two games at the WTA 1000 event.

Li began her campaign by defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich before achieving an angry victory over Leylah Fernandez.

Gauff and Li played twice on earlier occasions, with the 2023 US Open winner prevailing on both occasions.

However, their last game came in 2022, and both players have put a long way since then, and this has the creation of a convincing matchup.