Gauff drew inspiration from Gabby Thomas, the women’s Olympic 200-meter champion at last year’s Paris Olympics, who kept writing down that she would be the Olympic champion in her Notes app in the lead up to the race.

A lot of fans weren't happy with Aryna Sabalenka after her comments about Coco Gauff following the French Open.

Drawing on the painful memory of her defeat three years ago in the French Open final gave Coco Gauff just the motivation she needed to win the clay-court tournament for the first time.