Iva jovic 16 lost a thrilling second round match at the US Open before being consoled by Coco goof in a classy moment a few hours later Coco goof has revealed she shared a moment with Iva jovic backstage moments after reaching the US Open third round gof made light work of tatana Maria on Arthur Ash winning six to 36 to0 to keep her title defense on track moments before stepping onto the court she was watching the closing stages of a thriller on Court 12 which saw 16-year-old wildcard jovic agonizingly beaten for to 66 to 47 to5 by number 29 seed Katarina alexandrova Coco Go's genius moved paid off at US Open and landed her 3 million American Teenager 16 inspired by Novak jokovic earns $140,000 for US Open win it was a heartbreaking end to a memorable run for jovic and gof wanted to gave her some time to process her emotions but after her own match was over she made an effort to speak to the teenager having been in her shoes as a young Grand Slam debutant a few years ago yeah I watched her third set because I was just waiting for my match the time to come on goof revealed I saw her after the match and I just told her like you played a great match and you have a lot to be proud of then I told her to have fun in the doubles obviously I don't want to give too much advice because I know that when I was in that position position you had so many people wanting to give you so much advice so I just wanted her to know that just to be proud of herself because I did see her a little bit after the match like any match regardless if you are 16 or freaking 28 whatever she was like upset visibly upset I waited and then 2 hours later I went up to her and actually literally right after my match I saw her and told her that I wanted to tell her that but I wanted to wait until the emotions were down yeah so I think I just hope that she continues to enjoy it I didn't know much of her until this year obviously so I have seen her around I just try to be nice because I have been in that position some people weren't nice some people were it was kind of just like you know a lot of people some players don't like the young stars coming up because they feel some type of way I just try to be like nice and welcoming and know that there's people rooting for her in and outside the locker room prior to that meeting with Goff jovic addressed the media to discuss her journey she spoke highly of golf and other American players she shared the locker room with during an unforgettable few days OIC said I've definitely gotten closer with some of the top girls specifically the Americans they're all really nice Emma Navaro KOCO Goff Jess Pula all of those it's been nice to get to know them and be on a more familiar basis I mean honestly I haven't had like advice talks with them this tournament which is nice you're in the same locker room so you kind of are equals this week but in the past they've definitely said just keep working try to get better but it's nice to see just how humble and downto Earth those girls are bab news