Teenager Coco Gauff wins U.S. Open women’s final, defeating Aryna Sabalenka 6-2
[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...