Coco Gauff Makes Honest Admission on Mental Health After Historic US Open Round Win

After having a successful campaign at the French Open, Coco Gauff started Wimbledon as a favorite. But her journey at the grass court major came to an end in the first round against Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska. Following that shocking exit, Gauff said, “I mean, obviously I’m not going to dwell on this too long, because I want to do well at the U.S. Open. Maybe losing here (in the) first round isn’t the worst thing in the world.” However, the American failed to impress her fans at the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open.

These results sparked major doubt about her chances at the 2025 US Open. But guess what? Gauff is looking in supreme touch in NY at the moment. She started her campaign with a three-set win over Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović. Following that came a straight-sets triumph over Donna Vekic, and now she yet again bags an impressive victory in the third round. She defeated Poland’s Magdalena Frech by 6-3,6-1 in this match. What a win for the 2023 champion! She has now entered the fourth round of the US Open for the fourth year in a row.

Coco Gauff looked quite solid from the baseline today, and she committed much fewer double faults (4) today, as well. During the match, Gauff secured 12 winners, created  11 break points, and converted five of those chances. She’ll now face either Naomi Osaka or Daria Kasatkina in the next round. But what Gauff really said after this impressive victory, though? In her post-match interview, Gauff stated, “I thought today I played well. Overall, I’m really happy with how I played and to be through to the next round. It’s been an emotional week. I think I needed those tough moments to be able to move forward.”

''I can't put into words how privileged I feel to walk onto this court''

Coco Gauff discusses her emotional week and third round win pic.twitter.com/bX5IPk18j8

— Sky Sports Tennis (@SkySportsTennis) August 30, 2025

With this win, Coco Gauff has now also reached the second week of a Grand Slam for the sixteenth time. The only American woman with more second-week Slam appearances before age 22 is Venus Williams (in the Open Era). Venus had 17 in her bag! Gauff had a bit of trouble handling the pressure in the previous match. But this time it was picture-perfect for the American! She further added, “I was putting so much pressure on myself, but I’m really out here just trying to enjoy it and not focus so much on results, but the process, and I think today showed that I was really having fun out there.”

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