{"id":289054,"date":"2023-08-29T05:36:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T05:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289054"},"modified":"2023-08-29T05:36:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T05:36:16","slug":"gauff-details-surprise-meeting-with-the-obamas-after-us-open-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/gauff-details-surprise-meeting-with-the-obamas-after-us-open-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauff details surprise meeting with the Obamas after US Open win"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Coco Gauff reveals surprise meeting with Barack and Michelle Obama helped calm her after frustrating US Open win over\u00a0Laura Siegemund: &#8216;That brightened my mood so much&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>REPORT: Coco Gauff battles back to beat Laura Siegemund at US Open<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Barack and Michelle Obama were among the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Coco Gauff said a surprise meeting with Barack and Michelle Obama helped soothe her frustrations which had &#8216;bottled&#8217; up during a difficult US Open win over Laura Siegemund.<\/p>\n<p>The Obamas were among the crowd on hand at Arthur Ashe as Gauff battled back from a set down to beat the world No. 121 in round one.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions bubbled throughout the three sets as Gauff, her team, the crowd and eventually the umpire felt Siegemund was taking too long between points.<\/p>\n<p>The German was reprimanded but Gauff still spoke to the officials. &#8216;She&#8217;s never ready when I&#8217;m serving. She went over the clock 4 times. You gave her a time violation once. How is this fair?&#8217; she asked the umpire.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff reiterated those frustrations in her on-court interview but by her post-match press conference, the 19-year-old had calmed down thanks to a chat with the former President and First Lady.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/05\/74816997-12455501-Barack_and_Michelle_Obama_share_a_laugh_during_Coco_Gauff_s_firs-a-93_1693283202966.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Barack and Michelle Obama share a laugh during Coco Gauff&#8217;s first-round win on Monday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/05\/74817015-12455501-Gauff_delivered_a_thrilling_comeback_victory_in_the_opening_roun-a-94_1693283203000.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gauff delivered a thrilling comeback victory in the opening round of the US Open<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I actually just met them right before I came in here &#8211; so my mood is a little bit nicer. Maybe I&#8217;m saying nicer things than I actually planned,&#8217; Gauff said with the smile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s brightened my mood so much\u2026 I&#8217;m going to never forget that moment for the rest of my life. Yeah, I went from being really upset after a win to being really happy. So I&#8217;m glad I got to meet them. They gave me some good advice, too.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gauff revealed that Michelle was happy to see her fight her corner in the debate over time-wasting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think she was happy that I spoke up for myself today,&#8217; the teenager said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wasn&#8217;t sure they were here or not. I saw the Secret Service. I didn&#8217;t know if it was Mr. (Joe) Biden and Mrs. (Jill) Biden &#8211; I knew it was somebody, then I heard that maybe Mr. (Bill) Clinton was coming. I didn&#8217;t know who exactly it was until after the match.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gauff kept an eye on the presidential box but didn&#8217;t spot the Obamas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I guess they weren&#8217;t in my eyeline. But afterwards, they told me they wanted to say hi,&#8217; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve met Mrs. Obama before. They told me it was just her initially. Then Mr. Obama was there in the room, too. I was like: &#8216;Oh my God!&#8217; I haven&#8217;t soaked it in because I literally just walked in here.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/05\/74816995-12455501-Next_it_was_Gauff_s_turn_to_argue_with_the_chair_umpire_during_M-a-95_1693283203001.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Next it was Gauff&#8217;s turn to argue with the chair umpire during Monday&#8217;s match in Flushing\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gauff moves into round two, where she will face fellow teenager Mirra Andreeva, who is just 16.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Today was truly winning ugly,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My team told me I should have spoken up earlier,&#8217; Gauff added on Siegemund.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I really don&#8217;t like confrontation all that much. I was thinking about it the whole match. I wasn&#8217;t sure if I was in the right or not until it happened multiple times\u2026 I wanted to express my frustration, but also being censored. I didn&#8217;t want any bombs to fly or anything.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But Gauff believes the frustration ultimately worked to her advantage. &#8216;I think today it really helped\u2026 the frustration was bottling, to be honest. If I could do it all over again, I would have said something earlier,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I actually watched the video back when I was taking the ice bath. I wanted to be sure before I came in here. Sometimes you have these emotions, you forget what you said. I would still say everything I said in that moment again.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gauff added: &#8216;I know you do one wrong move, people are going to call you all types of names and tear you down.<\/p>\n<p>Today I think it was important to show you can do all this, still stick to your ground, and people are going to respect you. I think as long as you approach a person with respect, then everything should be fine.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12455501\/Coco-Gauff-reveals-surprise-meeting-Barack-Michelle-Obama.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coco Gauff reveals surprise meeting with Barack and Michelle Obama helped calm her after frustrating US Open win over\u00a0Laura Siegemund: &#8216;That brightened my mood so much&#8217; REPORT: Coco Gauff battles back to beat Laura Siegemund at US Open Barack and Michelle Obama&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gauff details surprise meeting with the Obamas after US Open win - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/gauff-details-surprise-meeting-with-the-obamas-after-us-open-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gauff details surprise meeting with the Obamas after US Open win - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Coco Gauff reveals surprise meeting with Barack and Michelle Obama helped calm her after frustrating US Open win over\u00a0Laura Siegemund: &#8216;That brightened my mood so much&#8217; 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