Home favourite Coco Gauff sees progress despite US Open exit

[p]"I think I played almost every match ‌on my terms," the 22-year-old told reporters. "I think ‌the worst match for me was maybe the quarter-final where I maybe fell back into some old habits, but ‌in 24 hours I was able ⁠to switch that.[/p][p]"[b]I'm just ‌excited to keep putting in the work for another year, ​another two years, and see where I'm at 24, 25, and where my game ​can take me[/b]."[/p][embed guid="0f8753c5-a32d-4e36-8f00-f54a06164827" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp98Ok5E_5k" social-type="youtube" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Rybakina[/a], who will take over as world number one from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] on Monday, maintained ⁠constant pressure on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]​Gauff[/a] and edged the key moments.[/p][p]"[b]I think she played really well. I thought it was a really good match, and honestly, it came down to a ‌couple service games of mine in both sets, and I didn't quite hold[/b]," Gauff said.[/p][p]The American, who won the US Open title in 2023, has had a good run over the last few months, reaching her first Wimbledon semi-final, winning the Cincinnati title, getting to the last four in Toronto and making another deep run in New York.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="71183407-803f-4d28-adff-833ba52f526e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="62b15d14-dc72-480f-ba5a-0ab59e857315" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]"[b]My ‌dad came up to me and was like, you ​accomplished so many great things this summer, ‌and I'm like, I don't care about the summer[/b]," she said.[/p][p]"[b]But, I mean, it's the goal. I want to be a consistent player. I want to give myself as many opportunities to ⁠lift a trophy. ⁠But, yeah, it hurts[/b]."[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/rybakina-e-UDzElXdm/?mid=EcWMiPz8"]See all the stats from the match here[/a][/b][/p]