Coco Gauff’s days of sadness are finally gone. With an eccentric performance, the WTA star turned the tide in her favor with the season’s second win. Gauff who had a disappointing year filled with criticisms about her serve and forehand, surprised the fraternity with her resilience. After making history, she received compliments from Carlos Alcaraz and Rennae Stubbs, which showcased how much the community relies on the WTA number six’s talent.

Gauff made history in China. Yesterday at the Diamond Court, she defeated Czechia’s Karolina Muchova by 6-1 and 6-3. After a shocking exit from the 2024 Flushing Meadows, the former US Open champion bagged her second win this season after Auckland. Gauff struggled with her serve this week. She had to battle from a set down in her three previous matches in China. However, the WTA number six was determined to win the title and she took the trophy home. Post-victory, Gauff joked about how visiting Beijing’s Forbidden City with Carlos Alcaraz worked well for her luck. “I guess the Imperial Palace brought us luck, so maybe I will pay a visit next year to get the same luck.”

After her victory, she reveled in the celebrations and even shared a meme to commemorate the occasion. The Tennis Letter shared their image of visiting the city as how it started and then winning the title as how it’s going and Gauff couldn’t help but share it on her IG story.

“lol not too bag” she captioned it by tagging the men’s champion. Alcaraz was quick enough to respond and he reshared it on his IG story and wrote, “Congrats!! We should’ve dressed like that in the ceremony as well..” The Spaniard’s reaction expressed his happiness in sharing the feat with his colleague, Coco Gauff.

Not just Carlos Alcaraz but Serena Williams’ former coach Rennae Stubbs also complimented the WTA star on X. “Huge congratulations to @CocoGauff on an incredible week of fighting thru adversity & showing us all how well she can play tennis,” tweeted Stubbs. She also congratulated Muchova, highlighting how she suffered a wrist surgery six months back and is still in the top 30. “Massive congrats also to @karomuchova7! Wrist surgery a little over 6 months ago & is back in the top 30, won’t be long before she’s top 10 again,” Stubbs added.

Stubbs’ praise would mean a lot for Gauff as she is the first American woman to win this title after Serena Williams won it in 2004 and 2013. Following this special feat, Gauff’s eighth career title win became more special and she had an interesting revelation about it.

Coco Gauff revealed “it means a lot” for her to win China Open after Serena Williams

After winning the 2024 China Open title, Gauff expressed her delight. “Honestly, it means a lot when I saw that the last American woman to win this was Serena Williams, Anytime my name is mentioned in whatever sentence hers is, it’s a huge honor,” she said. Gauff improved her game and reached a 7-0 record in hard court finals, a feat never achieved by one in the Open Era. Nevertheless, Gauff wishes someone break it as she thinks “records are meant to be broken, honestly.”

The former US Open champion also praised her opponent Karolina Muchova as she displayed fair play.”I want to say congratulations to you, Karolina, it’s great to see you back on tour, I think you’re such an amazing player – you deserve everything and hopefully you play many more finals,” said the American.

Coco Gauff‘s 2024 China Open win restored her supporter’s faith in her performance. After Struggling with serve and forehand, Gauff improvised her game and returned to the court as a champion. If this doesn’t prove her resilience, then what will?