By Chris Oddo | @Thefanchild | Saturday 17 May 2025
Perhaps a hard loss toward Jasmine Paolini In Saturday’s final in Rome is not the worst thing in the world to Coco gafff.
The American engaged 55 forced mistakes in her 6-4, 6-2 loss in the hands of Italian, but Gauff still became the youngest player since 2009 to reach the final of Madrid and Rome. She feels that if she receives the lessons taken from those two events, and raises her level a little more, a title of girls Roland-Garros could be her.
“I think it’s also a confidence and a motive to do better,” the 21-year-old said after losing her Saturday to Foro Italy. “Hope I can go to the final in Roland-Garros and maybe” The third time is a beauty “is a real thing.”
Gauff, who beat Zheng Qinwen In an epic battle in the semifinals, she says she is not taking her losses easily, but she is not too much for them.
“In general I lost in two quality opponents, Aryna in Madrid and Jasmine here. So, yes, I think I have a lot to improve, many I can work for.”
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– Coco Gauff (@cocoga) May 17 2025
According to statistics in the country, Guff struck 137 mandatory mistakes in her last two matches. She says this means she can be better in Paris.
“I made the final with those mistakes,” she said. “I made the finals perhaps not playing my best tennis. Simply give me confidence that if I can find that good form that goes to Roland Garros, I can do well there.”
Gauff is 11-3 in clay in 2025 and 20-5 lives in Roland-Garros, where she reached the final in 2022 and the semifinals in 2024.
The 21-year-old East in Florida says she was trying to be aggressive to keep Paolin playing the type of her match. However, her efforts returned again. Now she has lost her two meetings in European clay this year against Italian, to become the first woman from her country to win the Rome title in 40 years.
“I knew today that I was trying to be more aggressive because I felt like I was passive, it would run me through court,” Guff said.
