MADRID (AP) 鈥� Coco Gauff has advanced to the fourth round of the Madrid Open despite falling ill and vomiting on court.
Gauff, a finalist in Madrid last year, rallied to beat Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Sunday.
The American threw up on court in the middle of the second set.
鈥淲hen I actually threw up on the court, that was like a little bit embarrassing,” Gauff said. 鈥淭hen after that first game and the second, I was like that took everything out of me.”
On Saturday, fourth-ranked withdrew due to an while playing her round-of-32 match against American Ann Li.
Gauff said she was determined to carry on her match.
鈥淚鈥檓 someone who doesn鈥檛 like to pull out. I don鈥檛 like to do that unless I really feel like I have no other options,鈥� Gauff said. “So the plan was to always just try to finish, even if it ended up with me just playing just to get through it.鈥�
She recovered from a break down three times before winning the set 7-5.
The third-ranked Gauff said she doesn’t know how she 鈥済ot through that,” and said she almost threw up in the middle of a point.
鈥淚 felt fine all this morning. I felt a little weird last night, but I was OK. Woke up this morning, felt fine. And mid-first set, I was feeling like I was going to throw up. And then I did,” she said. “They gave me some pills and that definitely helped. After that, once I felt the feeling of throwing up, then I just felt nauseous and tired. I just didn鈥檛 want to throw up in the middle of the point, which I almost did at one point.鈥�
Gauff will next meet No. 13 seed Linda Noskova.
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