The victory in two sets got by Barbora Krejcikova against Coco Gauff (with the final score of 7-5, 6-4) condemned Iga Swiatek to elimination from the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A victory that will allow the Czech to even finish in first place in the Orange Group, overtaking the young American in extremis.
The brutal 6-1, 6-0 with which the Polish player beat Daria Kasatkina was not enough to qualify for the semifinals of the tournament, because the winner of the last edition of Wimbledon played much better than Gauff, effectively eliminating Swiatek. The semifinals of the WTA Finals 2024 will therefore see Aryna Sabalenka against Coco Gauff and Barbora Krejcikova against Qinwen Zheng.
Painting lines 🎨@CocoGauff | #WTAFinalsRiyadh pic.twitter.com/8JtTtqxDp9
— wta (@WTA) November 7, 2024
At the press conference, Gauff talked about how she handles the criticism from fans, which will come after the defeat against the Czech, and how to transform pressure and expectations into something else.
“I think it’s just training your mind to think these things, whether it’s how the person intended it, probably not. But if you trick your mind, it’s crazy how your daily mindset and your thoughts and your decisions, it can change. I use it as motivation. And before I used it as pressure and I thought, you know, the expectations are always going to be there for me. And I turned it into something, because people expect so much from you, so that means people see potential in you, so you should see potential in yourself. I don’t win all the time, but, especially today, I got a lot of comments about how I lost badly. I think I honestly just like the idea of proving people wrong and letting your racket do the talking. I think, for me, I think honestly, pettiness and I think that’s really the answer. I think I just like being, like, saying I’m right and stuff, and obviously it doesn’t work,” she explained
Feeling petty 💅😂 @CocoGauff | #WTAFinalsRiyadh pic.twitter.com/JCubNYxIQb
— TENNIS (@Tennis) November 7, 2024
