Emma Navaro has now knocked Coco goof out of consecutive Grand Slams after following up her Wimbledon Triumph with a statement threet win 6-3 4-6 6-3 over the US Open Champion novaro dominated the first set but let the second set slip away from although she ended up clenching the final set to ice a thrilling day at Arthur Ash Stadium Goff acknowledged ahead of the match that she mentally collapsed against Navaro the last time they played at the round of 16 phase of Wimbledon in July despite her best efforts to Stage a stunning comeback she suffered a similar fate at Flushing Meadows and suffered 19 double faults ultimately Navaro was too strong for GF and reached the quarterfinal stage of the US Open for the first time Goff was visibly upset after it was confirmed that her dreams of retaining the US Open and title were over but a break from tennis may not be the worst thing gof attempted to give herself a boost before the match and stated what she needed to do to win after suffering from burnout against Navaro at Wimbledon I feel like that match at Wimbledon I think I mly just literally collapsed on the court DOL said ahead of Sunday's match I was very frustrated and she played well that was I think to me the best tennis she played like that tournament so I think going into this match I have to expect her to play her best tennis and I just need to know that I need to bring it and mentally be there from the beginning to the end because she's going to be a tough opponent Goff was right as Navaro looked as strong as she had all season but Koko already knew that more than most after meeting at Wimbledon the two US stars were not only in Paris together for the Olympics they were roommates in the Olympic Village Navaro has played perhaps her best tennis this year going 45 to19 in singles and rising up the rankings to number 13 GF started the year very strong reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open and Roland garos after winning her first Grand Slam at the US Open last year but the fourth round Wimbledon exit was tough to take ahead of the Olympics and she was devastated in Paris too gol was in tears when losing her third round singles match to Donna veic after she was initially dominating the contest gof missed an opportunity to win the first set of that match and eventually lost via tie break with a controversial umpire call in the second set reducing the 20-year-old to tears the number three seating and the weight of the us on her shoulders has been tough to handle but Goff can now Focus her attention on 2025 fellow us star Jess iica Pula spoke about the pressure that comes with being an American playing at the US Open earlier in the tournament and even revealed how it can be mentally challenging Pula was asked about how to deal with it and said I would say that it's okay to be emotional I would say if you want to freak out if you want to snap if you want to cry it's totally fine I think it's just once you kind of let all those emotions out I think resetting is you have to kind of just reset I don't think it's great to hold things in but at the same time when you do let them out you have to look at it as I'm getting it out now but then the next day I'm snapping right back I'm going to just do it and get it over with and snap right back and that wraps up today's news thank you for watching don't forget to like share and subscribe for more tennis content see you next time