India, July 7 -- There's not usually a clock ticking down in tennis.

Yet for Coco Gauff at Wimbledon on Sunday, the All England Club's 11 pm curfew made it seem like there was.

And Gauff hit the winning shot at the buzzer.

Two minutes before 11, Gauff converted her first match point with a service winner out wide to reach the quarterfinals at the grass-court Grand Slam for the first time.

After beating Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, Gauff tapped her left wrist with the fingers on her right hand to acknowledge the timely ending.

Gauff said it "kind of reminded me of" Kawhi Leonard's shot for the Toronto Raptors in 2019 that bounced off the rim four times before becoming the first Game 7 buzzer-beater in NBA history. Because if Gauff ha...