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Coco Gauff was upset on Monday at the Arthur Ashe stadium by Naomi Osaka in the round of 16 at the US Open, and she admitted to journalists that it was a difficult loss to manage emotionally.
Gauff said that she “had sort of broken” to her team after falling 6-3, 6-2 in a shocking performance for the American star classified n ° 3.
“After the match, I was really disappointed,” said Gauff. “In a way, broke my team. Then, hearing their perspectives and everything, it’s certainly a lot of positive things. I think that if I kept the way, I went to Cincinnati, I would have been in the first round. So, I think where my service started from the start of the tournament today was a great improvement.”
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Coco Gauff (USA) After a lack of Naomi Osaka (JPN) (not illustrated) on the ninth day of the US Open 2025 tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2025. (Robert Deutsch / Imagn images)
Before the start of the Grand Slam of the tennis season, Gauff made a big change of coach, separating with Matt Daly and calling on the expert in biomecanics Gavin Macmillan.
This decision was specifically made to help correct the Gauff service, and Macmillan worked with some of the best in the game, including the leading singles, Aryna Sabalenka, to obtain their services.
The American tennis star Coco Gauff made a major change a few days before opening
Thus, while this area of the Gauff game felt improved in her eyes, she made 33 unforeseen errors which were difficult to overcome against Osaka, the double champion of the United States and player n ° 23 in the tournament this month.
In the future, Gauff knows that she and her team have to focus on her game again.
Coco Gauff (USA) strikes Naomi Osaka (JPN) (not illustrated) on the new day of the US Open 2025 tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2025. (Robert Deutsch / Imagn images)
“I feel like now I have to work everything together,” she added. “But yes, I knew it was going to be a difficult tournament for me. Did I feel like I had a lot of confidence after my last match? Yes, certainly. I think it was a big baoster of trust. So, today, he feels more disappointing, I think it might have lost in the first or second round.”
Meanwhile, Osaka’s game has been fun to watch in Flushing Meadows since the start of the tournament, while the 2018 US Open champion and 2020 gets upwards after beating her friend Gauff.
“I was super locked up,” she said about her performance during the victory. “I felt like everyone wanted to watch a very good game and I hope that’s what you have.”
This is Osaka’s first trip to the quarterfinals in a big slam since she won the Australian Open in 2021. She treated mental health struggles in the past, speaking of them courageously and taking a break from the sport accordingly.
Coco Gauff (USA) after a second Miss set in Naomi Osaka (JPN) (not illustrated) on the new day of the US Open 2025 tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2025. (Robert Deutsch / Imagn images)
Osaka gave birth to her daughter, Shai, in 2023, who led to an absence from the court.
Osaka goes to the head of Karolína Muchová n ° 11 in the quarter -final on Tuesday.
