For Coco Gauff, a Grand Slam final win over Aryna Sabalenka was the first victory that will make all the others so much easier now.
Coco Gauff, of the United States, serves to Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, during the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in New York.
“Honestly, thank you to the people who didn’t believe in me,” Gauff said during the trophy ceremony. “. . . I tried my best to carry this with grace, and I’ve been doing my best. . . . Those who thought [you] were putting water on my fire, you were really adding gas to it, and now I’m really burning so bright.”
Coco Gauff, of the United States, reacts after defeating Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, to win the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in New York. Just two months ago, she was beaten in the first round of Wimbledon by Sofia Kenin, plagued by error-proneness on her idiosyncratic extreme-grip forehand. But if the defeat was a crisis, it also forced a catharsis. Gauff confronted the fact that she had been overgrinding, allowing pressure to cloud her perspective. She would over-dwell on losses and let them affect her for weeks, she said.
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