Coco Gauff has been earmarked as the future of women's tennis since she was 15 years old. That future arrived at the US Open on Saturday, in the form of her first Grand Slam championship.
The 19-year-old American outlasted No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, the new top-ranked player in the WTA, in a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 thriller in the US Open final at Arthur Ashe Stadium. She becomes the 11th teenager to ever win a Grand Slam singles title, and the question now becomes how many more are in front of her.
It took an epic comeback against Madison Keys just for Sabalenka to reach the final, but there was no slow start by the Belarusian this time.