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\nNEW YORK: American teenager Coco Gauff came from behind to win the US Open on Saturday, clinching her first Grand Slam title with a battling win over Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.<\/p>\n
\nGauff, 19, produced a gutsy performance on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in 2hr 6min to complete a fairytale transformation in her season\u2019s fortunes.<\/p>\n
\nThe sixth seed from Florida had gone into the final as the underdog against the hard-hitting second seed Sabalenka, who will become world No. 1 in next week\u2019s rankings.<\/p>\n
\nBut with both players making a slew of mistakes throughout an error-strewn final watched by a star-studded record crowd of 28,143 it was Gauff who held her nerve when it mattered to seal a deserved victory.<\/p>\n
\nThe win completed a remarkable turnaround for Gauff, who was left distraught after a first round exit at Wimbledon in July.<\/p>\n
\nHowever, she bounced back to win titles in Washington and Cincinnati and has now landed the biggest win of her career, after a shattering loss in her first Grand Slam final at the French Open last year.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt means so much to me,\u201d an elated Gauff said afterwards. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m a little bit in shock in this moment.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThat French Open loss (last year) was a heartbreak for me. This makes this moment even sweeter than I could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGauff, the third American teenager to win the US Open after Tracy Austin and Serena Williams, also used her victory speech to thank those who doubted her talent.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHonestly thank you to the people who didn\u2019t believe in me,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cTo those who thought they were putting water on my fire, they were putting gas on my fire and I\u2019m burning so bright right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSabalenka meanwhile blamed self-inflicted errors for her defeat, saying at times she was playing \u201cme against me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cShe was moving just unbelievable today,\u201d Sabalenka said of Gauff. \u201cBut then the second set I start probably overthinking, and because of that I start kind of like losing my power.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThen she start moving better. I start missing a lot of easy shots.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGauff was in trouble in the opening game, Sabalenka breaking her straight away with a rasping backhand that drew a roar of \u201cCome On!\u201d from the Belarusian.<\/p>\n
\nShe held easily to take a 2-0 lead but Gauff then took advantage of a shaky service game from Sabalenka to break at 2-2 in the fourth.<\/p>\n
\nThe Belarusian double-faulted twice to allow Gauff to get back on level terms.<\/p>\n
\nBut that hard-won parity was surrendered in the next game as Sabalenka broke back to go 3-2 ahead.<\/p>\n
\nAustralian Open champion Sabalenka then wobbled on her own serve once more as Gauff eked out two break points in the sixth game.<\/p>\n
\nBut Sabalenka got it back to deuce with an ace and then took a 4-2 lead with an emphatic smash.<\/p>\n
\nGauff\u2019s problems on serve continued and Sabalenka broke for the third time to race 5-2 ahead, and she duly wrapped up the set by holding in the next game.<\/p>\n
\nYet with the match threatening to become a rout, Gauff finally clicked into gear in the second set, making fewer unforced errors and ironing out the kinks in her serve.<\/p>\n
\nInstead it was Sabalenka who began to show signs of brittleness as the tension mounted. She double-faulted to hand Gauff the only break of the set and a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n
\nGauff fended off a break point in the next game to hold for 4-1 and went on to hold for the remainder of the set to level the match when Sabalenka smacked a forehand long.<\/p>\n
\nThe momentum remained firmly with Gauff in the final set and she secured another crucial break in the opening game when she put away an underhit Sabalenka lob with a smash.<\/p>\n
\nGauff then held easily for a 2-0 lead as Sabalenka struggled to regain any semblance of composure.<\/p>\n
\nShe coughed up four unforced errors to gift Gauff a break and a 3-0 lead, and the American then held with ease to go 4-0 up.<\/p>\n
\nSabalenka stopped the rot by holding serve in the fifth game, before taking a medical timeout to receive treatment on her left thigh.<\/p>\n
\nGauff was in no mood to let her grip on the match slip though.<\/p>\n
\nAlthough Sabalenka held and broke Gauff to cut the lead to 4-2, Gauff hit back when Sabalenka double-faulted to present a break point.<\/p>\n
\nGauff cashed in to break and grab a 5-2 lead and then swept to victory in the next game, holding to love with a backhand winner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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