Coco Gauff said goodbye to the US Open in the round of 16 and lost the chance to defend her title. The elimination of the defending champion was determined by a service performance not up to her value and the courage of Emma Navarro.
A defeat that Coco will pay dearly also in the WTA ranking, because she will abandon the top 5. Too many ups and downs in the service games to compete to the end on equal terms with a solid player like her countrywoman, who was having a great day.
Gauff committed 19 double faults in total with a percentage of first serves less than 50% and in the post-match press conference she analyzed the reasons for these problems suffered during the match.
“I didn’t pay attention to my serve, that was the big difference. I also think sometimes it’s more of an emotional and mental thing, because if I went out on court right now, I would hit like 30 serves in a row. It’s a kind of mental obstacle that I have to overcome, I don’t want to lose matches like that anymore.
Regrets? Mentally and emotionally I gave it my all. Emma played really well. She was very aggressive on my second serve, so that put more pressure on me. Emotionally I don’t regret anything, but obviously I would have liked to have done things better.
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