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Twenty-eight aces not enough for Tauson in defeat against unsung young Australian
Clara Tauson on Sunday night crashed out of the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells when she lost in three sets 6-7, 6-4, 4-6 to the young Australian Talia Gibson.
Despite a record number of aces, Clara Tauson crashed out of the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells after a surprise defeat to Australian qualifier Talia Gibson in the third round.
Gibason, who is ranked 112 in the world, won 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, won after a little more than two hours and 40 minutes of play in the California midday heat in the Coachella Valley.
The Dane, who is ranked 17th in the world, had been warned about Gibson's strength after the 21-year-old Australian sprung a big surprise with a straight-sets victory over Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round.
Top 100 is just the start for Talia Gibson
"The main goal for me this year is to get inside the top 100."
Six weeks on, at 21-years-old, she is Australia's newest top 100 tennis player.
It comes amid a career-best week for Gibson at Indian Wells, coming through two qualifying matches before defeating two top 50 players in consecutive matches – without dropping a set – to reach the third round in the Californian desert.
It's a run that brings the West Australian into tennis' elusive ranking bracket for the first time.
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Trio of Australian women advance at Indian Wells Open
Australian qualifier Talia Gibson has joined two countrywomen in logging first-round wins at the Indian Wells Open.
Gibson trumped American Ann Li in straight sets, 6-1 6-4, to join compatriots Kimberley Birrell and Ajla Tomljanovic as first-round victors in California on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT).
Birrell, who bounced back into the top 70 in the world with her semi-final appearance last week at the WTA's ATX Open in Texas, accounted for Russia's Oksana Selekhmeteva.
The world No.69 won 6-1 6-4 while Tomljanovic, who Birrell defeated in a quarter-final in Austin before losing her semi to fourth-seeded Peyton Stearns, downed Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse 7-5 6-2 in the WTA 1000 tournament.
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