Coco Gauff Wins Second Grand Slam Title

BY MAGGIE YAN

Coco Gauff is currently the world number 2 in tennis and has won 2 grand slam titles already at a young age. Two of her biggest wins are the world champion of the US Open in 2023 and the other, the French Open in 2025.

After fighting through a 2-hour and 38-minute competition, Coco Gauff won with a score of 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 against Aryna Sabalenka, looking at her last ball flying out of the court. She was in disbelief, collapsing on the clay court, leaving her whole body with red dirt. She looked at the audience standing cheering with her parents and coaches, seeing everyone in joy and laughter.

But looking through these cheerful wins, there is a story of struggle and hard work that many people don’t see. One of her toughest matches she went through in September, “Last September, just under a year on from her first great triumph, Gauff sat in a media room after hitting 19 double faults and missing countless forehands in a fourth-round defeat to Emma Navarro,” the author Matthew Futterman mentioned. After this match, Gauff faced a difficult time, where her opponents started to understand her weaknesses, where all her opponents knew if they just had to put pressure on her serve, and attack mainly on her forehand, she would collapse.

“I don’t want to lose matches like this anymore,” she said. So, to solve this problem, she rethinks her game and works with a new coach, Matt Daly, to improve her skills and mental strength.

This victory from Gauff is important not just for herself, but for many other younger athletes, and especially those with of color, “who maybe don’t feel as supported during this period.” Gauff aims to be a, and so just being that “reflection of hope and light,” she said. Showing her willingness to use her success for a better and greater purpose.

Gauff’s win at this Roland Garros competition is a big step and sign of her hard work. She became a strong competitor overtime and again, a role model for the younger players. second American woman to win the French Open since Serena Williams in 2013, which is also a moment that meant a lot, not just to herself, but her fans.