Coco Gauff gained the primary Grand Slam of her profession after coming from behind to beat Aryna Sabalenka.
The gang favorite misplaced the primary leg 6-2 however battled again to win in three units, taking the opposite two 6-Three 6-2.
The 19-year-old turned the primary American teenager to win the US Open since her idol Serena Williams did in 1999.
Gauff revealed that she used criticism to inspire herself to win.
“A month in the past, I gained a 500 title and folks stated I might cease at that. Two weeks in the past, I gained a 1000 title and folks had been saying that was the largest it was gonna get. Three weeks later, I’m right here with this trophy proper now,” she stated on court docket.
“I attempted my greatest to hold this with grace and I’ve been doing my greatest. Actually, to those that thought they had been placing water in my hearth, you had been actually including fuel to it. And now I’m actually burning so shiny.”
She later added in her press convention: “I’m an argumentative individual. I’m very cussed. My mother and father know. In the event that they inform me one factor, I love to do the opposite.
“So I actually advised myself, actually up till, like, 10 minutes earlier than the match, I used to be simply studying feedback of individuals saying I wasn’t going to win at the moment. That simply put the hearth in me.”