Recently, Coco Gauff revealed that her father, Corey Gauff, was not present in her box because he was so nervous about watching her play. She further revealed that while she was competing, he kept himself busy by running laps around the stadium.

Gauff became the first American teenager since Serena Williams to advance to consecutive quarterfinals at the US Open after defeating Caroline Wozniacki by 6-3 3-6 6-1  at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Coco Gauff discussed her father Corey Gauff’s absence from the player box during her post-match interview. The 19-year-old said that she was informed that he was running laps around the stadium to calm his nerves.

Gauff expressed her thoughts about her father in the on-court interview and stated: “The one thing that’s different is my dad isn’t in the box anymore ’cause he gets too nervous. So he’s somewhere in one of the suites and he’s been apparently doing laps around the stadium I heard during the matches. So I don’t know if he can hear me right now but you know I felt his energy, his good energy even though I can’t really see him.”

Gauff at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2023

Now ranked no.6, Coco has achieved an overall 43-13 win-loss record in 2023. Coco is playing at the moment at the U.S. Open where she toppled the world no.121 Laura Siegemund 3-6 6-2 6-4

, the world no.63 Mirra Andreeva 6-3 6-2, the world no.32 Elise Mertens 3-6 6-3 6-0, the world no.623 Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 3-6 6-1 and the world no.21 Jelena Ostapenko 6-0 6-2.

Coco Gauff will face the world no.10 Karolina Muchova in the semifinal. Their current record is 1-0 for Gauff.

The American has won 3 titles in 2023 in Auckland, Washington and Cincinnati.

Gauff won 5 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)

Coco Gauff

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