Gauff just could not follow suit, and despite winning the doubles title, her chance to reach a singles final she likely would have won was scuppered.Fortunately, given their respective youth, she will have many opportunities to make amends over the next decade or so, Swiatek was imperious on her route to the final, and despite Jasmine Paolini’s fine run, she never stood a chance. But, then again, neither did Gauff.
The 20-year-old was brushed aside by the world number one in straight sets, and led these two pundits to question what went wrong.They landed on Swiatek’s brilliance as a huge factor, but Clijsters did have some advice for Gauff going into their next clash: ‘I see from the point of what could damage Iga a bit more is if you could attack her forehand, not just once or twice but keep going, three or four times in a row and put a lot of pressure on that side.
