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COCO GAUFF FINISHES OFF A 39 SHOT RALLY WITH A PERFECT DROP SHOT. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Coco Gauff on Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, & herself all being in the semifinals 58 years after Arthur Ashe won the U.S. Open, ‘I never thought I’d have the chance to see an all black semifinal between the guys in my lifetime… To have also me in the semis, I think it’s really cool’ “Did you message either Frances or Ben after their matches last night? Second to that, in 1968 on this day, Arthur Ashe won his U.S. Open. And look at the 3 of you. Is that ever lost to you or do you ever think about that?” Coco: “I don’t really like to do it in the middle of the tournaments because I feel like it’s a bad luck omen, so I usually don’t like to text anyone while they’re playing the tournament 😂. I don’t want to screw up momentum… With Arthur Ashe, I think it’s so incredible. Especially on the men’s side I never thought I’d have the chance to see an all black semifinal between the guys in my lifetime. Even growing up, just look at who was playing.. I just never thought that that would be able to happen. To have also me in the semis, I think it’s really cool. I have so much respect for both Ben and Frances. I’m just rooting for a good match. Hopefully whoever wins can bring it home.” ❤️ (via US Open Press)

Qinwen Zheng says she suffered a lot of pain psychologically with every loss since coming back from injury, ‘In sport, you just need to stay humble & keep fighting… If God gave me all the losses before, I’m sure he’ll give me something back’ “You’re obviously a big star in a lot of ways. You have a lot of fans in China. You’re an Olympic Gold Medalist at the last Olympics. How difficult was it for you to not be in the main event? To play qualifying and start earlier than everyone else? Was that at all a psychological challenge? Even though it obviously worked out great in the end…” Qinwen: “Yeah. Psychologically it’s very difficult to accept. I used to be top 10, Olympic champion, I played in the big stadiums since the beginning. And right now my ranking dropped so much after injury. I couldn’t perform as well the last 3 or 4 months. I know people have a lot of doubts about me. It’s just really hard for me. I just need to keep positive every single day, telling myself ‘just keep working, let’s see when the result is gonna happen.’ It’s really really tough. I suffered a lot and I’ve been through a lot of pain every single loss I’ve had. At the end, sport, you just need to stay humble and keep fighting. Because once you lose that, the result will show everything. I’m just happy to be back again. If that’s what God gave to me, all the losses before… I’m sure he’ll give me something back, you know?” ❤️ (via US Open Press)