{"id":37506,"date":"2023-09-09T22:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T22:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=37506"},"modified":"2023-10-26T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:04:00","slug":"coco-gauff-wins-the-us-open-for-her-first-grand-slam-title-at-age-19-by-defeating-aryna-sabalenka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/09\/09\/coco-gauff-wins-the-us-open-for-her-first-grand-slam-title-at-age-19-by-defeating-aryna-sabalenka\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff wins her first US Open title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Coco Gauff<\/span> set aside a so-so start and surged to her first Grand Slam title at age 19, coming back to defeat <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/span> 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">U.S. Open<\/span> final on Saturday to the delight of a raucous crowd that was loud from start to finish.      <div class=\"Page-content\"><div class=\"Page-twoColumn\"><main class=\"Page-main\" data-padding=\"none\" data-module=\"\"><div class=\"Page-storyBody gtmMainScrollContent\"><div class=\"RichTextStoryBody RichTextBody\"><p>Gauff,  who is from Florida, is the first American teenager to win the  country\u2019s major tennis tournament since Serena Williams in 1999. If last  year\u2019s U.S. Open was all about saying goodbye to Williams as she  competed for the final time, this year\u2019s two weeks in New York turned  into a \u201cWelcome to the big time!\u201d for Gauff. This is the sort of  triumph that had \u2014 fairly or not \u2014 been expected of Gauff ever since she  burst onto the scene at 15 by becoming the youngest qualifier in  Wimbledon history and making it to the fourth round in her Grand Slam  debut in 2019.<\/p><div class=\"SovrnAd Advertisement sovrn-story-feed proper-dynamic-insertion\" data-module=\"\"><div class=\"proper-ad-unit\"><p class=\"disclosure_box\"><\/p><div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15786418\/APNews\/site\/apnews_story_feed\/dynamic_1_0__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>She reached her initial major final at last year\u2019s French Open,  finishing as the runner-up, and now has earned the biggest trophy of her  still-nascent career. Gauff earned a 12th consecutive victory and 18th  in her past 19 matches dating to a first-round exit at the All England  Club in July.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/main><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The No. 6-seeded Gauff did it Saturday by withstanding the power displayed by Sabalenka on nearly every swing of her racket, eventually getting accustomed to it and managing to get back shot after shot. Gauff broke to begin the third set on just one such point, tracking down every ball hit her way until eventually smacking a putaway volley that she punctuated with a fist pump and a scream of \u201cCome on!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon it was 4-0 in that set for Gauff. At 4-1, Sabalenka took a medical timeout while her left leg was massaged. Gauff stayed sharp during the break \u2014 it lasted a handful of minutes, not the 50 during a climate protest in the semifinals-\u2014 by practicing some serves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When they resumed, Sabalenka broke to get within 4-2. But Gauff broke right back, and soon was serving out the victory, then dropping onto her back on the court. She soon climbed into the stands to find her parents and others for hugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou did it!\u201d Gauff\u2019s mom told her, both in tears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coco Gauff set aside a so-so start and surged to her first Grand Slam title at age 19, coming back to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to the delight of a raucous crowd that was loud from start to finish. 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