Coco Gauff has modified mindset as she faces powerful US Open draw
Coco Gauff has been on an unbelievable run since her first-round loss at Wimbledon, and is speaking confidently after her largest title of her younger profession up to now. The American teenager defeated Karolina Muchova to win the Cincinnati Masters forward of the US Open, the place she is now one of many favorites to win her first Grand Slam.
Earlier this week, Gauff had performed down her probabilities after being put in a tricky draw within the US Open, the place she might face Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Jelena Ostapenko and Petra Kvitova all earlier than attending to the ultimate.
But in her final interview earlier than the event, Gauff says she is going to proceed to experience the successful streak that she’s on, as she performs her finest tennis of her younger profession. Although she is aware of she can not proceed to win as dominantly as she has been in latest weeks, she doesn’t plan for that to cease on the US Open – regardless of admitting how powerful her highway could possibly be.
She instructed reporters on her hot-streak finally coming to an finish: “It’s going to happen. Just not this week.” Gauff has an unbelievable file on the exhausting court docket this season, with 11 wins and only one loss – successful two titles, together with the Cincinnati Masters final week within the US Open tune-up.
“I learned a lot over this last couple weeks – more so on my wins I think than I have in the past. The most I’ve learned over the course of this summer is that I don’t have to play A-plus tennis to win.
“Obviously going into the match, you hope to play one of the best tennis you may play, but it surely’s not doable on a regular basis… generally I believe once I wasn’t taking part in my finest tennis or wasn’t taking part in nice, I might form of shut down a bit of bit mentally. Now I’m simply figuring it out as I am going.”
Gauff has earned 900 WTA rating factors for her victory in Cincinnati. She additionally earned $454,500 and have become the fourth American champion of the occasion, following Lindsay Davenport (2004), Serena Williams (2014, 2015) and Madison Keys (2019).