Gauff: "I don't care about the results I get in tournaments from now until the end of the year"

Diego Jiménez Rubio | 2 Sep 2025 | 00.20

Cori Gauff, hopes after falling at US Open 2025. Photo: gettyimages

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To reach the dreamed destination, one must pay painful tolls, and Cori Gauff seems to have that clear. At 21 years old, the current world number 3 is aware that she still has a lot of room for improvement and is willing to go through tough months and lose painful matches in order to progress as a tennis player. This is what she expressed after her defeat at the US Open 2025.

Imagine something you have been doing all your life and with which you have achieved great professional success; once you have it clear, think about how you would feel if you had to give it up and do it completely differently. This is what Cori Gauff aims to do with her serve, a complete reset exercise requiring high doses of humility, willpower, and long-term thinking. The early defeat at the US Open 2025 is still painful despite being foreseeable, but it is softened by the mentality displayed by the American during the press conference.

- Gauff believes she puts too much pressure on herself at 21 and looks to the future with optimism

"It was a strange match because I feel I was serving much better than in previous matches, but I made too many unforced errors from the baseline. Emotionally, I'm in a tough spot. Of course, I'm disappointed to have lost here, but I feel that I'm heading in the right direction. I need to be more positive. I broke down with my team in the locker room, but they helped me see that I have taken a step forward. I didn't expect to win three matches here, maybe that's why I'm more frustrated because I had set my own expectations," explained the American.

Just three weeks before the start of the US Open 2025, Gauff hired an expert in tennis-applied biomechanics, Gavin MacMillan, with the goal of completely changing her serve. This requires many hours of training to start being effective, something Gauff is aware of. "I wish I had more time to implement this change, but I know I made the right decision," she says.

"Now I realize that I put too much pressure on myself. I'm 21 and starting to be aware of the great success many girls achieve by age 25 or 26. Shortly after losing today, I got emotional thinking about where my tennis level could be in a few years if I keep working as I am now. I'm excited about the future," she admits.

- Cori Gauff downplays the importance of the remaining tournaments this year and will focus on improving her serve

The stress that Cori Gauff may have felt due to having to modify her serve is something that could have greatly affected her in this defeat against Osaka at the US Open 2025. "I don't want to make any excuses, but my whole team tells me it's normal for me to have felt somewhat empty on the court due to the emotional demands of these weeks. I was disoriented on the court, but I take many positive things from the tournament; I want to return here in 2026 as a better tennis player and person," commented the woman who is already looking towards future goals.

"I'm going to have a training block from now until the Beijing tournament. For me, when the US Open ends, it's like starting a preseason for the Australian Open. Last year I did very well in that part of the year because I took it quite lightly; I didn't give those tournaments too much importance. If they had told me I would win in Beijing and the WTA Finals, I would have said I didn't care. I don't care about the results I might achieve soon; I simply want to improve for the Grand Slams," admitted Cori Gauff.

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