One year after Serena Williams retired, the torch has been passed. Coco Gauff is the U.S. Open champion — and has designs on a lot more.
Gauff, 19, became the third American teenager to win the U.S. Open, joining Williams and Tracy Austin . It was the second Grand Slam final of her career after she lost in the French Open final in 2022.
She continued: “It’s been difficult. It’s been a long journey to this point. I wasn’t a fully developed player, and I still think I have a lot of development to go. I think people were putting a lot of pressure on me to win.” Said Sabalenka, who had rallied from a set down to defeat another American, Madison Keys, in Thursday’s semifinals to advance to her first-ever U.S. Open final: “I would definitely say that she was moving really well and defending really great, better than anybody else. So, I always had to play an extra ball. a combination of everything. But I would say that today was more because of me.
“I think the pressure has been a little bit taken off, and I still am hungry for more,” Gauff said. “But I’m just going to enjoy this and try not to look into the future.” But for the American crowd on Saturday, it was Gauff who was on top of the world. To them, her opponent could just end up being a footnote in history, particularly if Gauff can continue to build her game and win a few more championships here like her idol, Serena, did.
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