Sheās never been to the quarterfinals at the All England Club, though, and will get a third crack at it after beating British qualifier Sonay Kartal 6-4, 6-0 in the third round on Friday.
But for someone who played in two Grand Slam finals before turning 20 ā winning one of them, at last yearās U.S. Open ā just getting to the quarterfinals, even at Wimbledon, isnāt much of a goal.
āI feel like at this point, it feels as if losing in the fourth (round) or the quarterfinals feels the same in a way, just because I do have such big aspirations,ā said Gauff, who also reached the semifinals at both the Australian Open and French Open this year. āI feel like it sucks to say this, but once you win, you kind of take it for granted. I try not to, obviously. When you make a lot of quarterfinals in Slams, in general it just makes you want to make it to a semifinal. You make a couple semifinals, you want to make the final.ā
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