Coco Gauff explains story behind US Open tears as champion normally ‘cries alone’
There had been emotional scenes in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday evening as Gauff grew to become a Major champion for the primary time in entrance of a house crowd. Following her 2-6 6-3 6-2 victory over Sabalenka, {the teenager} was in floods of tears as she crouched on the courtroom along with her face in her fingers.
She continued sobbing as she ran into the stands to join her parents and the three embraced and cried collectively. And Gauff has since shared the story behind the emotional second, because the world No 3 isn’t normally identified for getting tearful.
The newly-crowned US Open champion held an Instagram Live on Sunday morning and acquired some questions in regards to the emotional second. “I do never cry but US Open happened. I wasn’t expecting that, okay? Y’all say what you want, I was not expecting that,” she stated of her tears.
Gauff later elaborated on the explanation she cried, referencing an outdated video that surfaced on social media. In the clip, a nine-year-old Gauff may be seen dancing to Call Me Maybe on Arthur Ashe Kids Day within the stands of the identical courtroom the place she lifted the trophy.
“If you’ve been following me for a while you just know this has been something the world has put on me at a young age. I’m just happy that I was finally able to overcome all that to do it,” she defined. “So that’s where the tears came from and just a little bit of shock when I finished the match.
“Y’all saw that video where I was nine years old, I think that girl was crying to be honest. I don’t think I was crying to be honest, I think that girl in the video was crying because I don’t like to cry. Not in front of people, I’ll cry alone, I’ll cry over a movie or a TV show but in front of people, no.”