--- title: Naomi Osaka Consoles Coco Gauff After U.S. Open Defeat description: Naomi Osaka demonstrates tear-jerking show of sportsmanship after defeating Coco Gauff in the third round of the U.S. Open. canonical: https://time.com/5667389/naomi-osaka-coco-gauff-us-open/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-03T17:28:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:08.195Z og:title: Naomi Osaka Consoled Coco Gauff After Beating Her at the U.S. Open og:description: And tennis fans are absolutely here for it og:url: https://time.com/5667389/naomi-osaka-coco-gauff-us-open/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd45a2feec19d8915/698a0248011682587397e23d/naomi-osaka-comforts-coco-gauff.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Naomi-Osaka-Comforts-Coco-Gauff og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Naomi Osaka Consoled Coco Gauff After Beating Her at the U.S. Open twitter:description: And tennis fans are absolutely here for it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd45a2feec19d8915/698a0248011682587397e23d/naomi-osaka-comforts-coco-gauff.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Are Absolutely Here for Naomi Osaka Consoling Coco Gauff After Beating Her at the U.S. Open > Sponsored content. 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Coco Gauff of the United States and Naomi Osaka of Japan speak following their Women's Singles third round match on day six of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on August 31, 2019. Clive Brunskill—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 3, 2019 5:28 PM UTC There’s nothing like a show of good [sportsmanship](https://time.com/5329250/japanese-fans-thank-you-world-cup/) to really get the tear ducts flowing. And that’s exactly what [Naomi Osaka](https://time.com/5498898/naomi-osaka/) gave tennis fans after defeating [Coco Gauff](https://time.com/5658417/coco-gauff-tennis-interview/) in the third round of the [U.S. Open](https://time.com/5641513/watch-us-open-2019-free/) on Saturday. Following her 6-3, 6-0 victory, the defending U.S. Open champion immediately sought out 15-year-old Gauff — who skyrocketed to tennis stardom in July after becoming the youngest woman to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon since Jennifer Capriati in 1991 — to ask her to share her on-court interview. Gauff initially said she didn’t want to do the interview because she knew she was going to cry the whole time, but after some encouragement from Osaka, the two came together to talk about the emotionally-charged match. “I’m going to learn a lot from this match. She’s been so sweet to me, so thank you for this. Thank you,” Gauff told ESPN. “Thank you, Naomi. I don’t want people to think that I’m trying to take this moment away from her, because she really deserves it.” Osaka then embraced Gauff before explaining why she wanted her to be a part of her post-match encore. “I remember I used to see you guys training in the same place as us,” a tearful Osaka turned to say to Gauff’s parents, who were sitting in the crowd. “For me, like the fact that 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. I think, Coco, you’re amazing.” Tennis fans, of course, were completely onboard with Osaka sharing the love.”\[Women of color\] supporting each other is the most beautiful thing on the planet,” _Teen Vogue_ editor Lindsay Peoples Wagner wrote on Instagram. “I cried watching this last night bc it’s so rare to see but so grateful for this moment, and to be so moved.” > [](https://twitter.com/ArmstrongABC11/status/1167960025114890241) > [](https://twitter.com/janesports/status/1167959652836892675) > [](https://twitter.com/Martina/status/1167956608615206913) > [](https://twitter.com/bethannmcdowel1/status/1168127366364848128) > [](https://twitter.com/FilmmakerJulie/status/1167959261000982528) > [](https://twitter.com/Weesesports/status/1167956490964979714) Watch the full post-match interview below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5667389/naomi-osaka-coco-gauff-us-open/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5667389/naomi-osaka-coco-gauff-us-open/"},"headline":"People Are Absolutely Here for Naomi Osaka Consoling Coco Gauff After Beating Her at the U.S. Open","datePublished":"2019-09-03T17:28:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:08.195Z","description":"Now that's what we call sportsmanship","url":"https://time.com/5667389/naomi-osaka-coco-gauff-us-open/","keywords":["Newsfeed","tennis","onetime","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd45a2feec19d8915/698a0248011682587397e23d/naomi-osaka-comforts-coco-gauff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd45a2feec19d8915/698a0248011682587397e23d/naomi-osaka-comforts-coco-gauff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Naomi-Osaka-Comforts-Coco-Gauff","caption":"Coco Gauff of the United States and Naomi Osaka of Japan speak following their Women's Singles third round match on day six of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on August 31, 2019.","creditText":"Clive Brunskill—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5667389/naomi-osaka-coco-gauff-us-open/","name":"People Are Absolutely Here for Naomi Osaka Consoling Coco Gauff After Beating Her at the U.S. Open"}}]}] ```