Coco Gauff was easily overpowered by Iga Swiatek in the Roland Garros final but this experience will be very valuable to her according to tennis legend Chris Evert.
The defeat was a heavy thing for Gauff who was seen crying following the match but she quickly found inspiration to battle on admitting as much later. She said that she knows what she has to do now to reach the level where she wants to be. She said:
“I want to congratulate Iga. What you have done on tour the last few months is amazing and hopefully we can play in more finals - and maybe I can get a win over you one of these days. I’m sorry I could not get this one today. Hopefully this is the first final of many.”
The match was analysed for Eurosport by their tennis analyst Chris Evert who said:
“For Coco, this experience will be invaluable for her. She may not be happy right now, but she has this under her belt. The next time she reaches a final she will know what to expect, it won’t be new to her and can figure out what she can do differently.”
Swiatek herself admitted that Gauff will many finals because she was nowhere near as good as Gauff at the same age.
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