"I learned a lot from that match" - Gauff highlights improvement since the start of the year

Coco Gauff faced Madison Keys at the start of the year in Adelaide and since then the American has improved quite a bit.

Comparing her result to the one yesterday in New York, Coco explained how she learned a lot from that defeat as well as improved every facet of her game including the serve, return, forehand and just her mentality:

“I learned a lot from that match. In the beginning of the year I feel like in general, I wasn’t in a good head space, I wasn’t confident in my tennis. I feel like now I’m really confident in my tennis. I think my serve is a lot better. I’m winning a lot of first-serve points. Forehand has improved a lot. Return has improved. Also, just my mentality on the court.”

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Gauff was also asked about her superb serve against Ruse in the previous round. It was 128 mph serve which is on par with ATP serves and she reflected:

“I looked at it and I was like, `Whoa. Yeah, I don’t know how that happened. It didn’t feel like I hit it that hard. I kind of looked at [Ruse] after. She was laughing at her box. I was like, ‘I don’t know what’s going on either.’”

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