Wimbledon; 15 Year Old Gauff Ousts Venus

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) – Coco Gauff (gahf) is still in and Naomi Osaka is out following Day 1 at Wimbledon.  The 15-year-old Gauff showed poise and power in a 6-4, 6-4 stunner against seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams. The 39-year-old Williams was the oldest competitor in the women’s bracket before falling to the youngest competitor to qualify at the All England Club in the professional era.  Meanwhile, the second-seeded Osaka continued her recent downward spiral by dropping her first-round match to Yulia Putinseva, 7-6, 6-2. Osaka is the reigning U.S. Open and Australian Open champion, but her slump dropped her from the top of the WTA rankings last week.  Other first-round winners on the women’s side include third seed Karolina Pliskova, seventh seed Simona Halep, eighth seed Elina Svitolina, No. 14 Caroline Wozniacki and No. 17 Madison Keys.  The men’s bracket also opened with a pair of major upsets. Jiri Vesely earned a four-set win over sixth seed Alexander Zverev, and No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas was beaten in five sets by Thomas Fabbiano.  Men’s No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 4 Kevin Anderson advanced to Round 2 by winning in straight sets.