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[ad_1] USA's Coco Gauff reactys as she plays Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka during the US Open tennis tournament women's singles final match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 9, 2023. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Coco Gauff won the U.S. Open women's final, becoming the latest Black American woman to leave a history-making mark on the most sacred grounds of U.S. tennis Gauff bested  Aryna Sabalenka  of Belarus on Saturday 6-2 in the final set. Gauff's upset win at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York City, etches her name into the history books alongside other Black American women's tennis icons like Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Althea Gibson. Gibson won the U.S. National   Championship  women's singles titles in 1957 and 1958, a forerunner of the U.S. Open. Venus, the older Williams sister, won the U.S. Open in 2001 a...

[ad_1] LONDON: American tennis is in good hands with Coco Gauff , U.S. Open tournament director Stacey Allaster has told Reuters as the charismatic teen looks to end her breakthrough year on a high. Gauff mounted a fierce comeback to beat Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the U.S. Open final, claiming her first Grand Slam title and her place in American tennis royalty. The triumph came amid a 16-match winning streak for Gauff that ended in the China Open semi-final last month at the hands of old foe Iga Swiatek of Poland. "The next generation has arrived and stood on the shoulders of the great Serena Williams and Venus Williams," said Allaster, the chief executive, Professional Tennis, with the USTA. "It feels like she's been around for a long time. She's only 19... She is special. She is humble and kind, she's hardworking. And she is very, very focused on winning." The 19-year-old proved as captivating to fans as the idols who inspired her growin...