2023 US Open Women's Final: (2) ARYNA Sabalenka vs (6) COCO Gauff

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Thats the biggest mental collapse I've ever seen.. Man, woman or alien

 

[Fed881981]

Sabalenka looks hysterical.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Just you wait till the Aussie Open!

The new Wozniak lol

 

[ultimathule]

I think poor Sabs is going to give a Federeresque speech.

She's laughing and crying at the same time

 

[Hitman]

Sabalenka destroyed in more ways than one.

 

[counterloop]

What a strange Sabalenka speech. Lol

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Sabalenka looks hysterical.

Good she should be committed and publicly shamed for life. LOL

 

[ibbi]

Coco Gauff now being interviewed by the wife of her manager. I wonder how she got this gig. Hmm.

 

[LeastExhaustingPlayer]

Mary Jo with cringe questions to the loser of the match.
Let the losing player/team get off the court.

Imagine interviewing NBA/Super Bowl/World Cup final losing players. They be like, "Man, GTFOH with your stupid ass questions!"

 

[JW89]

Did she just joke that her whole team was getting fired lol

 

[Winners or Errors]

Because she made NO change to her game. Second set it was clear Gauff made it her mission to become a wall and what did Sabalenka do? Hit even harder which led to her influx of errors. Take nothing away from Coco, she did what she needed to do to win but if Aryna had more than plan A, I'm not sure that would have even gone 3 sets.

...but Sabalenka has no plan B. She lacks the skills in every area other than groundies, returns, and the serve. I love that Coco won ugly... a tribute to her coach. Scary to think that, now that she's figured out how to do that, players will perhaps no longer be able to count on her choking when plan A isn't working. Love that Coco has more plans now. Congratulations to her. She was the better player today.

 

[insideguy]

So like me and a few others were trying to point out that Coco had barely lost this summer. And 90 percent of the board told us we were idiots. Oh well fun times.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

I love Aryna way to cope with the loss is a sense of humour. If only this interview style does not interrupt these moments.

 

[intrepidish]

Thats the biggest mental collapse I've ever seen.. Man, woman or alien

Man you must watch 2 matches a year and be about 8 years old but that would explain all your Sinner comments.

 

[Sephiroth]

Sabelenka with the anime villain laugh

 

[insideguy]

...but Sabalenka has no plan B. She lacks the skills in every area other than groundies, returns, and the serve. I love that Coco won ugly... a tribute to her coach. Scary to think that, now that she's figured out how to do that, players will perhaps no longer be able to count on her choking when plan A isn't working. Love that Coco has more plans now. Congratulations to her. She was the better player today.

TTW feels like player who bashes ball the most must win.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Good she should be committed and publicly shamed for life. LOL

I heard she gifted another UE during the trophy presentation. Lol

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Did she just joke that her whole team was getting fired lol

Good for them.. At least they are paroled.. I would like to see how she is in her personal life if she breaks down like this so easy professionally

 

[Terry Tibbs]

Thank god they have taken the microphone away from Sabalenka. Cringe.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Mary Jo with cringe questions to the loser of the match.
Let the losing player/team get off the court.

Imagine interviewing NBA/Super Bowl/World Cup final losing players. They be like, "Man, GTFOH with your stupid ass questions!"

I clearly felt a tap

 

[intrepidish]

So like me and a few others were trying to point out that Coco had barely lost this summer. And 90 percent of the board told us we were idiots. Oh well fun times.

Yup. There were only a handful of us even suggesting that it wouldn't be shocking if she pulled it off not very long ago.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

COCO'S DAD CAUGHT CRYING IN 4K

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Glad I watched that.

 

[ibbi]

I love that she took the mic from her. What a star. Go home, Fernandez.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Good for them.. At least they are paroled.. I would like to see how she is in her personal life if she breaks down like this so easy professionally

Gauff won more than half her total points on sabalenka’s UEs and people here wanna tell me how great Gauff is. Just not a fan of defensive tennis.

 

[ibbi]

COCO JUST THANKED AUSSIE DARCY!

 

[Winners or Errors]

Gauff is unlikely to suffer the same injuries. She looks the most physically stable woman on tour.

LOL. You are right. Zero comparison between the two. Gauff has a laundry list of solid results and has been close to being an elite player for 2-3 years. Radacanu has struggled to put together match wins.

 

[Sephiroth]

Lol caught in 4k

 

[counterloop]

Coco is a great person from a great family. I don't see how anyone could hate Coco.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

COCO DABBING ON HER HATERS

 

[insideguy]

As long as we dont hype this young lady who just won her home tournament at 19 years old in front of a sold out Ashe then it will all be good. Remember whatever you do. DO NOT HYPE.

 

[Mr.Lob]

...but Sabalenka has no plan B. She lacks the skills in every area other than groundies, returns, and the serve. I love that Coco won ugly... a tribute to her coach.

Well, Brad handed Coco his book, Winning Ugly. That's all it took. LOL.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

OMG COCO THANK TTW

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Congrats to Coco, she played a great third set! Surely the first of many to come.

 

[Fed881981]

COCO DABBING ON HER HATERS

She’s fearless.

 

[intrepidish]

Gauff won more than half her total points on sabalenka’s UEs and people here wanna tell me how great Gauff is. Just not a fan of defensive tennis.

Those errors happened for a reason.

You'd think after decades of Djokovic and Nadal people would understand this.

 

[TheNachoMan]

As long as we dont hype this young lady who just won her home tournament at 19 years old in front of a sold out Ashe then it will all be good. Remember whatever you do. DO NOT HYPE.

Hopefully she isn’t Raducanu 2.0

 

[Terenigma]

...but Sabalenka has no plan B. She lacks the skills in every area other than groundies, returns, and the serve. I love that Coco won ugly... a tribute to her coach. Scary to think that, now that she's figured out how to do that, players will perhaps no longer be able to count on her choking when plan A isn't working. Love that Coco has more plans now. Congratulations to her. She was the better player today.

Yeah, I hate to take it away from Coco because she was returning like a boss today, it was awesome to watch. As for Sabalenka, I don;t think she's as one-dimentional as everyone thinks, she can do other shots but it just felt like today she was in extreme one-dimentional mode expecting Coco to eventually give way and she never did.

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Gauff won more than half her total points on sabalenka’s UEs and people here wanna tell me how great Gauff is.

She didn't do anything all match.. Just a return a ball short and SabaCrapka just hits an error either short or long. Its the worst slam performance I've ever seen from both players LOL

 

[ACE of Hearts]

As long as we dont hype this young lady who just won her home tournament at 19 years old in front of a sold out Ashe then it will all be good. Remember whatever you do. DO NOT HYPE.

Does she have any type offfensive game? Or she will be known as a retriever?!

 

[Zetty]

Great speech from Coco, she's a legit pro in every sense of the word.

 

[Sephiroth]

Coco directly talking to the haters!

 

[mcs1970]

Dude don’t like her defensive style. I prefer offensive tennis. She won more than half her total points on sabalenka’s UEs. Again kudos to her but not my brand of tennis. I like offense.

That’s fine. I like first strike tennis as well but you don’t win by just retrieving the ball against Sabalenka. Coco was matching her shot for shot in terms of power which was causing Sab to go for more and commit errors.

Players have said the same about Novak. How he forces them to go for more and commit errors due to him being a wall back there.

One can be a fan of first strike tennis and still appreciate this style of play which does have solid power with incredible defense that causes the opponent to make mistakes. Just pointing out unforced errors by the opponent is not correct.

 

[Fed881981]

Hopefully she isn’t Raducanu 2.0

Nah, Raducanu came of nowhere to win it. Coco has been in a slam final before, won other tournaments this summer, and was part of the conversation to win this title.

 

[mightyrick]

Gauff won more than half her total points on sabalenka’s UEs and people here wanna tell me how great Gauff is. Just not a fan of defensive tennis.

People have said the same about Djokovic and Nadal. But the thing is, great defense is as important as great offense. If you can do both, you are going to be an ATG.

Gauff adjusted to Sabalenka incredibly well. Sabalenka did not. The better player won.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

That’s fine. I like first strike tennis as well but you don’t win by just retrieving the ball against Sabalenka. Coco was matching her shot for shot in terms of power which was causing Sab to go for more and commit errors.

Players have said the same about Novak. How he forces them to go for more and commit errors due to him being a wall back there.

One can be a fan of first strike tennis and still appreciate this style of play which does have solid power with incredible defense that causes the opponent to make mistakes. Just pointing out unforced errors by the opponent is not correct.

Naw man novak plays offense as well. I hope she can be an offensive type of player. I don’t know if that’s her style though. Kudos to her though. Sabalenka made too many UEs .

 

[Sephiroth]

Genuinely think Coco speaks better than 90% of TTW

@Sampras-Bruguera 1993 would be stuttering like a baby

 

[Winners or Errors]

As long as we dont hype this young lady who just won her home tournament at 19 years old in front of a sold out Ashe then it will all be good. Remember whatever you do. DO NOT HYPE.

Hard to think that Coco will struggle with that, given that she's been labeled as the next great American since coming on tour at 15. I'm just glad she managed to live up to some of the hype. It seems like it took her forever to get there - funny that she's just 19. Here's to hoping for more.

 

[ark_28]

If your daughter played pro tennis and brought you her US Open winner's cheque, would you question why it's equal to the men's champ?

I don’t have a daughter

 

[insideguy]

I also love how rec players here be like well Sabs just hit the ball dumb, Coco had nothing to do with it. LOL.