Chris Oddo| @thefanchild | Saturday, May 17, 2025
Maybe it's hard to lose Jasmine Paolini This isn't the worst thing in the world in Saturday's Rome final Coco Gofu.
The Americans made 55 uncompulsory mistakes in the Italians' 6-4, 6-2 defeats, but Goff remains the youngest player since 2009, reaching the Madrid and Rome finals. She felt that if she learned from both events and her level was higher, the Roland-Garros champion of the teenage girl might be hers.
“I think doing better is both confidence and motivation,” the 21-year-old said after losing at Foro Italico on Saturday. “Hopefully I'll get the final in the Roland-Garros final, maybe 'The third time is charm' is the real thing.”
The defeated golf Zheng Qinwen In an epic battle in the semi-finals, she said she didn’t take the loss easily, but she wouldn’t overreact to them either.
“In general, I lost to two quality opponents here, Aryna from Madrid and Jasmine from here.
Thank you Rome ❤️🥲 I will be stronger pic.twitter.com/loflg8zwsr
– Cocogauff (@cocogauff) May 17, 2025
According to live statistics, Gauff encountered 137 unmandatory mistakes in her last two games. She said it just means she can get better in Paris.
“I made these mistakes,” she said. “Maybe the final didn't play my best tennis. It just gave me confidence that if I could find a good form to get into Roland Garros, I could do well there.”
Gauff is 11-3 in 2025 clay and has a lifespan of 20-5 in Roland-Garros, where she reached the finals in 2022 and the semi-finals in 2024.
The 21-year-old Floridian said she was trying to get Paolini to compete with her game. However, her efforts backfire. Now, she lost two meetings on European clay this year, the Italians against Italians became the first woman in her country to win the Rome championship in 40 years.
“I know today I'm trying to be more aggressive because I feel like if I'm passive, she'll run on the court.”
