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WIMBLEDON, England — Cori Gauff added another memorable chapter to her Wimbledon run. Gauff, the 15-year-old from Florida with the powerful all-court game and a maturity well beyond her years, barged into the tournament’s second week with a come-from-behind 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 win over Polona Hercog on Friday.
Gauff is the youngest woman to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament since 15-year-old Jennifer Capriati at Wimbledon in 1991.
She has become such a sensation at this tournament that she was the tournament’s headliner on Friday. Schedulers placed Novak Djokovic, the 2018 men’s singles champion, on No.