US Open: Coco Gauff rallies past Aryna Sabalenka to secure first Grand Slam title
The 19-year-old is the 10th teenager to win the US Open women's title all-time and the first American teenager to be crowned at her home major
The 19-year-old is the 10th teenager to win the US Open women's title all-time and the first American teenager to be crowned at her home major
America’s No.6 seed Coco Gauff got the better of fellow teenager Mirra Andreeva for the second time in a Grand…
Gauff, only 18, is the youngest American woman to reach the quarters here since 2009. She produced a stunning performance to defeat Shuai 7-5, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals.
Despite being the second youngest player left in the women’s draw, 18-year old Gauff remains as one of the favorites to win the US Open title along with top-ranked Iga Swiatek.
Gauff, who has never been ranked higher than her current spot of 11th, will overtake Great Britain's Emma Raducanu and likely Russian Daria Kasatkina to move up to ninth when the next rankings are released after prevailing in an exceptionally tight match against her Belarussian opponent
Less than three full years after she played in her first Grand Slam tournament, American teenager Coco Gauff will play for one of the four biggest trophies in tennis on Saturday at the French Open.
In the last-four, she will face Jessica Pegula of the US, who won a tight contest against No.13 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia
It has always been a dream of mine to represent USA in the Olympics, wrote Gauff in her Twitter post
Gauff has made it clear that Williams sisters are her idols and that she doesn't like being compared to Serena or her sister Venus.
The grass-court season follows the postponement of the French Open, which was earlier slated to commence in May but has later been scheduled to begin in November.
