{"id":52046,"date":"2020-08-23T00:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-open-bubble-exceeding-coco-gauffs-expectations\/"},"modified":"2020-08-23T00:18:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T21:18:00","slug":"us-open-bubble-exceeding-coco-gauffs-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-open-bubble-exceeding-coco-gauffs-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"#US Open bubble exceeding Coco Gauff\u2019s expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#US Open bubble exceeding Coco Gauff\u2019s expectations<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 22, 2020 |<\/span> 5:18pm <\/p>\n

\n The karaoke room has been a bust, but the other added touches at the hotel have been warmly received.<\/p>\n

Teen tennis sensation Coco Gauff, 16, thought she\u2019d be bored in the bubble as she plays the U.S. Open tune-up, the Western & Southern Open, leading into the U.S. Open, which commences Aug. 31.<\/p>\n

As part of the safety protocol plan, almost all the player are being housed in the Long Island Marriott alongside the Nassau Coliseum. They are trapp<\/a>ed there \u2014 unless they take a masked and social<\/a>ly distanced bus ride to the Flushing Meadows grounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely exceeded my expectations,\u2019\u2019 Gauff said before her first match at the Cincinnati tune-up was moved to Queens this week because of COVID-19 precautions. \u201cAt the hotel they have a lot of activities for us to do. I was worried about that, that there wouldn\u2019t be anything to do besides Netflix.\u201d<\/p>\n

Au contraire. The USTA stepped up its game<\/a>, literally, to make up for the players being banned from Manhattan and unable to stay at their preferred hotel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey actually have a lot of things to do,\u2019\u2019 said Gauff, who advanced to the third round last August in her Open debut. \u201cOn site they have a lot of fun games that I\u2019ve never really tried before. I really enjoy it. The weather has been great. Actually I\u2019ve been sitting outside. The bubble has been great.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the tournament grounds, the USTA has installed a basketball court, pool table, soccer area, paddle tennis and a nine-hole mini golf course to motivate the players to stay longer when they\u2019re not playing a match.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the hotel, they have PS4, ping pong, typical arcade games,\u2019\u2019 Gauff said. \u201cThey also have karaoke. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s been a big hit because I don\u2019t think anybody wants to go up and sing in front of everybody in the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

A \u201cvery limited\u201d amount of players \u2014 Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic \u2014 were allowed to rent a house as long as they paid for the security to monitor their actions. Sources estimate the expense at $60,000 just for security.<\/p>\n

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Frances Tiafoe (r.) returns to Andy Murray at Flushing Meadows.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe costs were astronomical, so I went for the bubble,\u2019\u2019 said 33-year-old Andy Murray, making a tennis comeback. \u201cIt\u2019s nice. They\u2019ve got games and arcades and things like that, which I enjoy. [I\u2019m] still a bit of a child in that respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Murray is at the end of his career, Gauff is at the start of what could be a dynastic run. In 2019, at 15, the Boca Raton, Fla., resident grabbed the attention of the tennis world at Wimbledon by reaching the fourth round, upsetting Venus Williams.<\/p>\n

At January\u2019s Australian Open, Gauff also got to the fourth round by gaining revenge on Naomi Osaka, who had ended her Open run. Gauff needs to improve her second serve. She can become erratic, but her resilience in bouncing back from holes was a thrill to watch at the 2019 Open with fans gaga over Coco.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a bummer that we can\u2019t have fans,\u2019\u2019 Gauff said. \u201cBut safety first. Hopefully next year we\u2019ll be able to get things back to normal. You\u2019re going to have to be your biggest cheerleader out on the court.\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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