Ava Wallace, The Washington Post:
Yes, that's something that Coco Gauff doesn't quite have an answer to herself.
You kind of fast — or rewind two months to a first round upset loss she had at Wimbledon, where she was in the press room afterwards telling us she had to go back to the drawing board. She did that a little bit. She brought in two new coaches, worked on a forehand that was kind of giving her trouble, and also had an attitude shift, where she's told us she's having more fun on court.
She's a little bit more relaxed, taking some pressure off herself, and that has brought wins. So she's won two tournaments heading into the U.S. Open, and she is on fire here, thinking her way through matches, using her athleticism, which is among the best on the women's tour, and she finds herself in her first U.S. Open final.
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