Coco Gauff makes assured comparability with Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz

Gauff fielded a query on the post-match press convention about her Djokovic-like efficiency and her consolation with sliding on the hardcourt floor at Arthur Ashe Stadium. “Somebody who I look up to a lot movement-wise is definitely Novak and definitely Carlos,” she mentioned.

“I think they’re both people that are seating their fill when it comes to – well, obviously the tennis, but obviously physically and footwork-wise. It’s something I’m trying to work on.

“I do assume I’ve the athleticism as them – not like the identical as them – however in comparison with my discipline. So, I’m hoping I can proceed to study by watching them. I used to be watching Alcaraz final evening.”

It is not just their movement that she continues to observe. “The factor I’ve realized essentially the most is how they’re capable of deal with the conditions once they’re not enjoying their greatest tennis,” Gauff added.

“For occasion, Carlos in Cincinnati; he was dropping a set each match just about, and he wasn’t enjoying his greatest, that was clear.

She continued: “He was still smiling. I was, like, if he can smile, he’s No. 1 in the world, and he has all this pressure…then I can do it in situations maybe where, most of the time now, I’m not the underdog, but against, for example, like Iga [Swiatek] or [Aryna] Sabalenka, these the place I’m thought-about the underdog on paper, I can smile too.