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Stephens breaks in ninth game of first set!
First set: *Stephens 5-4 Gauff (*denotes next server)
First set: Stephens 4-4 Gauff* (*denotes next server)
The steady din of rain on the Ashe roof is peppered with a loud clap of thunder during the changeover. It’s really coming down out there. Stephens races out to 30-love and she’s won 13 straight points on her serve. An unforced error off Gauff’s backhand makes it 40-15, but couple of bad misses by Stephens and we’re at deuce for the first time tonight. A chance for Gauff. But Stephens slams the door shut with her fifth and sixth winners for 4-all.