Gauff: "If I am able to win matches playing like this.."

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Badosa in Melbourne, Kostyuk in Doha, and Kessler in Dubai. That's how Coco Gauff arrived at the WTA 1000 of Indian Wells 2025, having lost her last three matches. Would a fourth one come? It didn't, although we won't say her victory over Moyuka Uchijima was a walk in the park. With 21 double faults on her record and the clock ticking close to three hours, the American managed to pull through a crucial match to regain some of the lost confidence. Later, in a press conference, she explained her point of view.

Areas to improve

"I want to serve better, get more aces. Today I felt good, maybe if I had made a few less double faults... it probably would have been a straight-sets victory. I felt like I was dominating in the rallies, but it's always tough when you're coming off a couple of tough losses. I guess I have to take it as a positive, although it would be more helpful to come off two good weeks in the previous tournaments."

Victory in three sets

"At the end of the match, I had to play bigger, which led to making so many unforced errors. I could see that she was capable of taking the initiative, so I couldn't risk it. As for the double faults, I've been trying to fix this issue in training for a while. I don't know, it's been a process with ups and downs, it's tough out there. If I can win matches playing like this... then it will give me confidence when I'm able to put the pieces together as I did at the beginning of the season."

Three consecutive defeats...

"Of course, they're on your mind, they've been there since the start of the tournament, I can't remember the last time that didn't happen to me. Then, during the match, not so much, or not necessarily. What you do feel is very good after getting a win again, it's like reclaiming your place, especially today after such a long match. I usually train a bit after matches like this, where things don't go as I want, but this time, with two and a half hours of match time, it was enough time on the court."

Lessons from the past year

"I'm learning to accept the ups and downs. In sports, one always wants to stay on top and ride that wave, but in a sport like tennis, where the season is so long, it's impossible to stay on top all the time, there will always be lows. I just try to endure those tough moments and improve through them. I've never felt like the rest of the season was going to go this way, I feel like I can turn it around, as I have done before. You just need a couple of matches to regain that confidence."

Maturity with time

"I guess there are moments when I show my happiness on the court, but not every day is the same. Today was one of those days when I didn't feel good, so you can only work to get better and move forward. As I get older, honestly, I feel like I love this sport more than when I was 17 or 18, where I felt more pressure about making it to the circuit. Today was a day when I didn't feel comfortable on the court because of the past few weeks, also because I am quite hard on myself. I just wanted to do better."

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