Spectators were looking for a battle. Instead, they got hugs.
The setting was the much anticipated showdown Saturday night between Coco Gauff, who at 15 is being hailed as the heir apparent to Serena Williams, and Naomi Osaka, last years U.S. Open tennis champion.
In truth, it wasnt much of a match. Gauffs game was off and Osaka squelched every attempt at a comeback.
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