NEW YORK—Things were not going well for Coco Gauff at the US Open on Friday night. Her shots were off. She was struggling to hold serve. She dropped a set. All the while, Gauff was talking to her coaches, Brad Gilbert and Pere Riba. Talking to herself. Slapping her thigh or putting her palm to…
Her shots were off. She was struggling to hold serve. She dropped a set. All the while, Gauff was , Brad Gilbert and Pere Riba. Talking to herself. Slapping her thigh or putting her palm to her face.
“The energy today definitely helped me. I felt you guys,” said Gauff, a 19-year-old from Florida. “I played every point my hardest.”That stretch follows a first-round exit at Wimbledon in July and includes the two biggest titles of Gauff’s career. “The three-setters show everybody else that I’m not going down without a fight,” said Gauff, who made it to the quarterfinals in New York a year ago., a 33-year-old who is playing in her third event since coming out of retirement. Wozniacki won the 2018 Australian Open and twice was the runner-up at the US Open before walking away from tennis three-and-a-half years ago to start a family.
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