Coco Gauff Issues 7-Word Message as Rocky Cincinnati Run Sets Up US Open Challenge

“I’m not going to dwell on this too long because I want to do well at US Open,” said Coco Gauff after her shocking first-round exit at Wimbledon. She claimed that this loss may not be the worst thing in the world, because she will still have time to reset. Following that campaign at SW19, Gauff returned to action at the Canadian Open. However, over there, she was defeated by the 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Moboko in the R16. From there, she went to Cincy in search of a winning streak before the US Open. But…

Before starting her campaign at the Cincinnati Open, the 2023 champion said, “It feels like I’m pushing that nitro button and just leaving it all out there. You’re just on the court and you’re like, ‘I just want to give it literally everything’”. She started her campaign with an impressive 6-3,6-2 win against China’s Xinyu Wang. However, following that match, she received a walkover from Dayana Yastremska in the R32. Then again, in the R16, Gauff came back with a strong performance against Lucia Bronzetti. But her journey at the Cincinnati Open finally came to an unfortunate ending at the hands of Jasmine Paolini in the QF.

The Italian defeated her by 2-6,6-4,6-3 in this mega duel! Following yet another setback before the US Open, Coco Gauff shared a post on her IG account. In that post, she shared glimpses of her Cincinnati Open campaign with the caption, “in the rear view mirror… thank u @cincytennis.”