Coco Gauff thanks Justin Bieber for serving to her maintain on in inspiring US Open win

“Jimmy Buckets (Butler) was there too, it was a cool atmosphere. I have an external focus, so I do like to look in the crowd sometimes because that’s what I do at practice. I definitely noticed [Bieber] was at the match tonight. At first, I got a little tight when I first saw him. Then I reminded myself that President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama were at my first round.

“I’m like, that is so hype. I imply, I’m actually fangirling proper now. Oh my goodness. Shout out to Justin. And I noticed Hailey [Bieber] was there too. Let’s not overlook, so it was actually cool. It’s simply actually cool to be on this second and I hope that I can maintain going additional and additional.”

Gauff now faces a troublesome match in opposition to Caroline Wozniacki, who has been unstoppable since returning to the US Open after taking a profession break to have kids. It’s a conflict of various eras as Wozniacki was a former World No. 1, and Gauff continues to be proper at the beginning of what appears to be like to be a really profitable profession.