How Coco Gauff fulfilled her potential in New York
Shortly after she won the US Open judul, there was a video doing the rounds on media sosial of Coco Gauff dancing on Arthur Ashe Fase as an excited eight-year-old. Eleven years later, the American teenager was standing in the same fase - this time on the court lifting a Grand Slam trofi like she had long dreamed. Gauff burst on to the scene as a 15-year-old phenomenon King88bet at Wimbledon in 2019, now fulfilling her date with the destiny many had predicted ever since - and with the charisma she showed even then. After beating Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 in Saturday's New York showpiece, she took the microphone to deliver an accomplished and heartfelt speech that covered every base. She spilled the secret of her dad Corey crying in celebration - "he thinks he is hard" - and also threw shade on the people who doubted whether she would live up to the "hype". "I want to say 'thank you' to the people who didn't believe in me," she said. ...