Coco Gauff cries in her parents’ arms after winning US Open with heroic comeback victory

Coco Gauff and her parents were in tears as she won the US Open Coco Gauff was in floods of tears as she captured her first Grand Slam title on home soil. The teenager came from a set down to defeat new world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 in heroic fashion. And she went straight to the suite her dad Corey was watch on from, sobbing into his arms before being joined by her mum Candi. Gauff immediately started sobbing at the net as she closed out the biggest victory of her young career with a backhand winner. Aged just 19, she became the youngest American woman to lift the trophy since Serena Williams 24 years ago. And the weight of the achievement became apparent to the world No 6 as she raced to unite with her parents. Throughout the tournament, the teenager’s dad and former coach Corey had been watching on from a suite instead of his daughter’s player box with Gauff explaining that he was too nervous to join the rest of the team. And she made it straight up to the area where he was waiting for a tearful reunion. “You did it,” her mum could be heard shouting as she joined the embrace, with all three in tears. Gauff then made her way down to her coaching camp to celebrate with her new team of Pere Riba and Brad Gilbert. And she opened up on the emotional moment with her parents during her victory speech. Just in Alcaraz skips tournament in change to ‘demanding’ schedule after US Open exit [LATEST] Coco Gauff was in tears after winning the US Open “Thank you to my parents. Today was the first time I’ve ever seen my dad cry. He doesn’t want me to tell y’all that but he got caught in 4K. He thinks he’s so hard but he’s not,” she laughed after taking the microphone to share her gratitude for her family. “But thank you guys, you’ve believed in me from the beginning. My dad took me to this tournament to see Venus and Serena compete.” Gauff also revealed that one of her younger brothers ignored her FaceTime call from the court when she won the title as she also gave siblings Cameron and Codey a shoutout. She continued: “Everybody in that box right there, thank you so much. A lot of you guys, I didn’t know you were coming so it’s a surprise to see you there. I want to thank my grandparents who are at home and my brothers. I FaceTimed my brother but he didn’t answer and then he called me after but I had to go.” SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam title at home