Defending champion Coco Gauff leads the charge of Palm Beach County residents at the US Open.
But the slumping Gauff, the first teenager to win the Open since Palm Beach Gardens’ Serena Williams in 1999, may not go as far as a few of her Palm Beach County compatriots.
Jessica Pegula on the women’s and Tommy Paul and Francis Tiafoe on the men’s side are in finer form.
The good news for the 20-year-old Coco is she’s on the other side of the draw from her Polish nemesis, Iga Swiatek. Maybe there is another big Open run for Delray Beach’s queen of endorsements.
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Here’s a look at some of Coco’s neighbors.
Jessica Pegula
Pegula, who moved to Boca Raton as a 13-year-old, has experienced a roaring summer. The 30-year-old won her first-ever grasscourt event in Berlin, srepeated as champion at the Canadian Open in Toronto and made The Finals in the most important Open tuneup in Cincinnati.