News about Coco Gauff

Tennis star Paula Badosa has issued a grovelling apology to fans after she sparked controversy with an 'offensive' pose in a social media post. On Saturday afternoon, Badosa suffered defeat in the semi-finals of the China Open at the hands of American star Coco Gauff - who went on to win the tournament. In the aftermath, Badosa's coach - Pol Toledo - posted on Instagram with a collection of pictures from their time during the tournament. 

Coco Gauff is being praised for her sportsmanship after she walked off the court with an injured Naomi Osaka at the China Open. The fourth round match was set to go into a third set after Gauff won the second set 6-4 (Osaka won the first set 6-3), but the Japan-born player was forced to retire with a lower back injury. And Gauff was extremely classy towards her opponent as she gave her a hug and offered to carry her bag off the court.

Brad Gilbert has revealed that he is no longer working with US tennis sensation Coco Gauff.  The legendary coach - who has also worked with the likes of Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Andy Murray - helped Gauff win her maiden Grand Slam at last year's US Open. They began working together in July 2023 but, on Wednesday, Gilbert confirmed the split on social media after a difficult few months for the 20-year-old.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: US Open champion Aryna Sabalenka says  her motivation is a desire to keep her late father's name alive as he bids for more Grand Slam success. After adding this title to her back-to-back Australian Opens, the 26-year-old from Belarus was asked what drives her.

MATTHEW LAMBERT IN NEW YORK: At last, the Tiger rules in the concrete jungle. After two semi-finals defeats and that agonising loss to Coco Gauff in last year's final, Aryna Sabalenka finally got her paws on the US Open trophy. It was the New York crowd, as much as Gauff, that did for Sabalenka last year but here against another American in Jessica Pegula, she handled the occasion far better and won 7-5, 7-5. This is her third Grand Slam title - after two Australian Opens - and at the age of 26, Sabalenka is maturing into a truly complete player.

Jessica Pegula could do no right at the outset of her first Grand Slam semifinal. Her opponent at the US Open on Thursday night, Karolina Muchova, could do no wrong. 'I came out flat, but she was playing unbelievable. She made me look like a beginner,' Pegula said. 'I was about to burst into tears, because it was embarrassing. She was destroying me.' Pegula managed to shrug off that sluggish start and come back from a set and a break down to defeat Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 for a berth in the final at Flushing Meadows. The No 6 seed , a 30-year-old from New York who has never played in a Grand Slam final, has won 15 of her past 16 matches and will meet No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka for the title on Saturday.

After struggling with her serve and bowing out in the fourth round at her second consecutive grand slam event, calls are growing for Coco Gauff to move on from her current coach. The third-seed Gauff fell in three sets to 13-seed Emma Navarro in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 where the 20-year-old hit more double faults (19) than winners (14) in Sunday's defeat as she struggled with her serve all afternoon. In the aftermath of that defeat, the calls have grown for Gauff to fire her coach, Brad Gilbert, and look in a different direction.

Coco Gauff's stunning exit in the fourth round of the women's singles at the US Open has led many to pick apart her game in the aftermath of the loss. The three-seed Gauff fell in three sets to 13-seed Emma Navarro in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 where the 20-year-old hit more double faults (19) than winners (14) in Sunday's defeat. Among the people who took the chance to criticize Gauff was Rennae Stubbs, the former coach to 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams.

Brad Gilbert has become the latest tennis legend to hit out at Kazakh player Yulia Putintseva for her disrespectful behavior towards a ball girl at the US Open.  Putintseva, the world No. 32, allowed her frustration to boil over during her third-round defeat to Jasmine Paolini at Flushing Meadows Sunday.  However, it was a ball girl at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center who suffered at the hands of Putintseva's wrath, earning the 29-year-old player boos from the crowd.  US tennis legend Gilbert, who coaches last year's champion Coco Gauff, joined the likes of Boris Becker in slamming Putintseva for the ugly moment.

The innocence of youth has created scenes at Flushing Meadows today, with a horde of children ordered away from the side of the court by security for an unintentional act of disrespect

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT FLUSHING MEADOWS - Defending champion Coco Gauff is out of the US Open after a nightmare display against Emma Navarro, losing 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Damningly, Gauff hit more double faults (19) than winners (14). It is the second Grand Slam in a row, after Wimbledon, in which Gauff has lost to Navarro. This was a scrappy contest and a difficult watch at times. Navarro will not win many matches in which she hit 20 winners and 35 unforced errors; those are bad numbers but Gauff's were catastrophic: 14 winners and 60 unforced errors.

What preluded the ill-timed contest was an afternoon and evening filled with prolonged games and upsets at Flushing's Arthur Ashe Stadium. Coco Gauff took three sets and over two hours to beat Elina Svitolina. Meanwhile, Frances Tiafoe took over four hours and five sets to defeat Ben Shelton. The latter wrapped up just before 7pm, but venue staff needed more than an hour to clean and prepare the stadium for the night session. The action resumed at 8.30, over an hour and a half after its scheduled start.

Earlier this US Open, Jessica Pegula did something that millions of New Yorkers do every day. A video posted to her Instagram account showed her riding the subway - except she was lugging her tennis bags and preparing to play in her eighth main draw in Queens. ''To me it's normal,' said Pegula, the current world No. 5 and daughter of billionaires Kim and Terry. 'And people are like, 'Oh my god, I can't believe you did that.'' And I'm like, well, why? I like taking the train. I like taking the subway.

Coco Gauff survived her toughest test yet at this year's US Open as she came back to beat Elina Svitolina 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the third round. Gauff started the match by forcing a deuce from 0-40 on Svitolina's serve - and while she'd go on to lose the game, that series was indicative of the graft she'd go on to show as she kept her US Open defense alive. Svitolina, the world No. 28, was in a Wimbledon quarterfinal just last month and Gauff did well to ride out some moments of turbulence and get stronger as the match went on.

All that was missing from Louis Armstrong Stadium on Thursday afternoon? Hospital beds and a heart-rate monitor. For much of this day session, the 14,000 court doubled up as an Emergency Room. Fans saw nearly as much medical treatment as tennis.  First, Sebastian Korda called for the doctors as he battled an elbow injury en route to defeat by Czechia's Tomas Machac.

The New Balance-sponsored tennis superstar was once again in fine form at the US Open on Wednesday night, racing through the second round in a little over an hour. In her press conference afterwards, a reporter asked about how she deals with abuse on social media, and Gauff revealed there's only one thing that takes her to Twitter. 

JAKE NISSE IN FLUSHING MEADOWS: Coco Gauff has said that night matches are 'a little bit more nerve-racking,' and the defending US Open women's champion had to shake some early jitters on Wednesday night as she moved past German Tatjana Maria into the third roumd. The 20-year-old Gauff - after claiming her first Slam last year - is appointment viewing now in New York, and the weight of that attention reared its head at times under these Arthur Ashe lights. The top-ranked American woman was broken during her first service, struggled to get her first serve in early in the opening set and needed to survive three deuces not to get broken for a second straight time.

Sky Bet are offering a Price Boost for the night session on day three at the US Open. The bet - which is 2/1 - requires Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff and Victoria Azarenka all to win in straight sets. Djokovic and Gauff won their first round matches in straight sets, while it took Azarenka three sets to defeat Yulia Starodubtseva in her tournament opener. For those interested in the boost - Djokovic takes on countryman Laslo Djere, Gauff battles Tatjana Maria, and Azarenka clashes with France's Clara Burel.

DANIEL MATTHEWS IN NEW YORK: Court 15 sits in a quiet corner of Flushing Meadows, hidden on one side by a row of hedges and trees, dwarfed on the other by the towering stands of Arthur Ashe Stadium. On Monday night, however, the spotlight illuminated this slice of hard court, where a remarkable US Open story was unfolding. Hundreds of fans were drawn here - and so were the flies. Bugs swarmed all around Iva Jovic as she made her Grand Slam debut. Supporters, ball boys and players were peppered with unwanted guests throughout this first-round match.

DANIEL MATTHEWS ON ARTHUR ASHE: Shortly before midday on Monday, the LED screens behind each baseline of Arthur Ashe Stadium began to burn bright yellow and supporters streaming towards their seats were met with a three-word indication of what lay in wait: 'Kids On Court'. The message appeared as a bunch of children invaded the show court on opening day of the US Open. They were from nearby, New York's Carefree Racquet Club, and their job was to 'show us what the next generation is all about'. It was a fitting appetizer - before long, the mini nets had been collected and the court was cleared for another couple of youngsters to take center stage. On Monday, Ben Shelton, 21, and Coco Gauff, 20, were first and second on Arthur Ashe. Together they tasked with lighting the fuse on this US Open.

The first round of the US Open gets underway today - and for those who will be watching closely - Sky Bet are offering a Price Boost as part of their US Open Day 1 Specials market that is valued at 11/4. It requires Alexander Zverev, Coco Gauff and Ben Shelton all to win in straight sets. All three players involved in the boost are overwhelming favourites to win their first round match-ups - with Zverev an extremely short 1/100 to defeat Maximilian Marterer, while Gauff is 1/33 to kickstart her campaign with a victory against Varvara Gracheva and Shelton is 1/16 to secure a win over Dominic Thiem.

Coco Gauff has heaped praise on the 'inspiring' Kamala Harris, with the defending US Open champion keen to speak to the Vice President about her 'crazy' journey to the cusp of this country's highest office. Harris could become the first female President in American history if she beats Donald Trump in this year's seismic election. The Vice President is the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica and Gauff said Harris' story is a significant marker of progress for the nation - regardless of political allegiances.

Aryna Sabalenka has opened up on how the tragic death of her ex-boyfriend forced her to discover levels of mental strength she never thought possible. Former NHL player Konstantin Koltsov died in March after falling from a balcony on the 23rd floor of a five-star hotel in Miami.  He was just 42 and afterwards Sabalenka said: 'While we were no longer together, my heart is broken'.

Tennis fans looking to avoid spending thousands of dollars on a US Open ticket can still enjoy the event for free. Attendees may also have the chance to spot tennis stars Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz.