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With no roar from the fans, all that was left on Monday for Coco Gauff was the roar of the planes as they passed over the all-but-empty Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Down below was a strange scene: Gauff and Anastasija Sevastova, an opponent nearly twice her age, locked in an edgy and erratic duel surrounded by stands covered in big blue tarps.
A year ago, Gauff, an American teenager who has embraced the big occasion in her short career, rode a wave of support in Armstrong Stadium to reach the third round of the United States Open.