Coco Gauff Admits Vulnerable Locker Room Moment After Naomi Osaka Defeat at US Open

It’s not often we can see the positives over the negatives, but that’s just what Coco Gauff will have to do. On Monday, facing two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka turned into a nightmare for the 21-year-old as she suffered a tough defeat at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The American showed improvement in her earlier matches, but against Naomi? She was no match. However, she isn’t backing down now!

Osaka’s victory was decisive, 6-3, 6-2. Bringing Tomasz Wiktorowski onboard, her game displayed a more measured approach to her powerful baseline play and it paid off against the 2023 champion. But Gauff has introduced a new face to her own team, and she’s choosing to focus on the positives after the loss!

During her post-match press conference, Gauff shared, “I think that, trying to be more positive. I mean, after the match, I was really disappointed, kind of broke down to my team, and then hearing their perspectives and everything. It definitely is a lot of positive things if I think I kept the way I was going in Cincinnati to here, I would have been out the first round. And so I think that where my serve started from the start of the tournament to today was a big improvement, and I feel like, now I just have to get everything to work together.” Isn’t that heartwarming?

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Previously, she worked with Matt Daly as her coach. Brought on ahead of the Asian swing last year, Gauff improved significantly with him, winning the China Open, the WTA Finals, and the 2025 French Open. However, since Paris, she struggled with her serve and brought on Gavin MacMillan to help.

While she may not have won the match against Naomi, Gauff faced 20 unforced errors. But her double faults were notably fewer! Just five double faults—when, as she pointed out at the Cincinnati Open, she had made 23. So the progress is definitely there!

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