Cori Gauff was visibly dejected and extremely disappointed after suffering a surprise defeat against Jelena Ostapenko in the Australian Open round-of-16. Gauff, seeded at No 7, came to the Australian Open with high expectations but didn’t accomplish her dream after 17th-seeded Ostapenko handed the American a 7-5 6-3 loss.
Gauff, who won Auckland leading up to the Australian Open, was 8-0 in 2023 before losing to Ostapenko. “I think it’s (feeling of frustration) because I worked really hard, and I felt really good coming into the tournament, and I still feel good.
Like, I still feel like I’ve improved a lot. But, you know, when you play a player like her and she plays really well, it’s like, you know, there’s nothing you can do,” Gauff said, per Sportskeeda.
Gauff: I had no answers for the problems against Ostapenko
“I mean, there was moments in the match where I was getting frustrated because I normally can problem-solve, but today I feel like I didn’t have much answers to what she was doing.
There was balls I was hitting deep, and she was hitting them on the line and hitting them back deep, like, over and over again. It’s just one of those days that just didn’t go my way and went her way,” Gauff said. Gauff actually made a positive start to the match, earning the first…
