Updated On: 10 June, 2021 11:33 AM IST | Paris | IANS
The 17-year-old player was playing in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time on Wednesday and lost to the unseeded Barbora 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 in a back-and-forth battle.

Coco Gauff of the US leaves the court at the end of her women`s singles quarter-final tennis match against Czech Republic`s Barbora Krejcikova on Day 11 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris. Pic/AFP
American teenager Coco Gauff believes her French Open quarter-final defeat to Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova would ultimately help her become a Grand Slam champion.
The 17-year-old player was playing in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time on Wednesday and lost to the unseeded Barbora 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 in a back-and-forth battle.