Gauff squanders big lead

Coco Gauff let a big lead slip away and wound up dropping the last five games of a mistake-filled 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-2 loss to Anastasia Potapova in the third round of the Miami Open on Saturday. The No. 6-seeded Gauff overcame a 5-2 deficit in the opening set, then erased a pair of set points for Potapova in that tiebreaker. Gauff grabbed the set on her second chance with a cross-court backhand winner. The 2022 French Open runner-up then seemed to be pulling away, moving ahead 5-3 in the second set and serving for the victory. But Gauff eased up and Potapova took four games in a row. Gauff briefly went up 2-1 in the deciding set, but would not collect another game.