Osaka words that made Coco Gauff weep

Reigning champion in women’s singles at the US Open and the Australian Open, Naomi Osaka’s game with 15-year-old American tennis prodigy Coco Gauff ended with unity, humility and sportsmanship evident.

The American professional tennis player who represents Japan, encouraged Coco publicly that made her cry profusely.

“These people are here for you,” Osaka said. “Look, you’re amazing. Seriously.”

“it’s better than going into the shower and crying.

“I don’t think I’m a mentor, I just want to say if you guys (pointing to Gauff’s parents) raised an amazing player. I used to see you guys training in the same place as us and for me the fact both of us made it and we’re both still working as hard as we can, I think it’s incredible,”

“I think you guys are amazing. Coco, you’re amazing,” Osaka said.

“She told me I did amazing and asked if I could do the on-court interview with her and I said no because I’m going to cry the whole time but she encouraged me to do it,”

“I mean, it was amazing. She did amazing and I’m going to learn a lot from this match. She’s been so sweet to me so thank you for this,” Gauff added, referring to Osaka.

“Once again thank you Naomi, I don’t want people to think I’m trying to take this moment away from you because you really deserve it,” Gauff concluded.