Coco Gauff Battles Madrid Open Bug, Advances

0:00Coco Gough powered through a rough stomach bug at the Madrid Open on Sunday, April 26th. During her second round match against Serrana Cerstea, the young star called a medical timeout, ran off court and got sick right there. But she bounced back quick, winning 4-6-7-5-6-1 to move on. This virus has been hitting players hard, with nearly half a dozen forced to retire already. Just the day before, top seed igas-wiatic had to pull out mid-match after her own medical break, saying she had zero energy left. Gough admitted it was embarrassing puking on court, but she hates quitting and felt better once she got it out of her system. She blamed the Madrid stomach bug going around, calling it bad luck, since she rarely gets sick. Now she set to face number 13 seed, Linda Noscova, on Monday, April 27th. Over on the men's side, world number one, John XCenter, is dodging it by tweaking his schedule, staying away from crowded spots like dining halls and gyms. With the tournament still rolling, everyone's watching if this bug will claim more big names,

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