When American tennis star Coco Gauff won the US Open in 2023, her supporters and several of her colleagues went crazy and celebrated her victory in front of the crowd. Naomi Osaka, a two-time US Open champion and former WTA No. 1, praised the young American teenager in an Instagram story.
Osaka, who was in the audience at Arthur Ashe Stadium, posted a picture of Coco Gauff receiving the US Open trophy along with the emoticons of a heart and a smiling face, tagging Gauff.
Recently, Osaka spoke about Gauff and expressed her thoughts: “I don’t know if I would be bold enough to say I mentored her but I’m always really proud of everything that she does.”
She further added remarks about the 19-year-old US Open champion and said: “She seems like such a good person. Just everything that she’s doing and speaking out about so many different topics. I think it’s something that I’d love to have my kid to look up to her as a role model.”
Naomi Osaka in 2023
WWLWLWLWLL Currently the world no.658, the Japanese played her last match on the 20th of September 2022 when she had to retire when playing against world no.266 Daria Gavrilova in the 1st round and the scoreline was 1-0 .
During this season the Japanese has achieved a composed 14-9 record.
Coco Gauff in 2023
WLWWWLLWLW Now ranked no.3 (career-high), Coco played her last match on the 9th of September when she defeated world no.1 Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the final of the U.S. Open to win her 6th career title.
Until now, during this year the American owns a composed 45-13 record. Coco clinched 4 titles in 2023 in Auckland, Washington, Cincinnati and U.S. Open.
Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff squared off 4 times. Their current head to head is 2-2. The last time they fought against each other, Coco Gauff won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in San Jose (Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic) in August 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieEIn8PpLA
