Coco Gauff was even turning the heads of spectators who weren’t present at Saturday’s match.
The teen tennis sensation is the first American to win the U.S. Open Title since 2017, and ESPN is reaping the benefits. The women’s tennis match on Sept. 9 received the highest viewership of the whole tournament, which totaled one million more viewers than the men’s final.
According to Front Office Sports, ESPN reported that 3.4 million people were tuned in to the weekend match, where the 19-year-old Atlanta native ended with a three-set victory over her opponent, No. 1 seed, Aryna Sabalenka. This is a record high for viewers of a women’s major tennis final on ESPN, which surpassed last year’s match between Iga Świątek and Ons Jabeur by 92%.
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