<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/sabalenka-gauff-enter-quarters-23467961" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Coco Gauff</strong></a> said she was &ldquo;disappointed but not completely crushed&rdquo; after her scintillating start to the year came to an abrupt halt in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The World No.3 had her dreams of a maiden Melbourne Park crown dashed in a 7-5, 6-4 defeat to Spain&rsquo;s 11th seed Paula Badosa on Rod Laver Arena.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Gauff&rsquo;s nine-match winning streak to start 2025 was ended in style by Badosa, who dominated after taking a tight first set.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The 20-year-old American said she was more mature now after playing in her ninth Grand Slam quarter-final and would not be beating herself up about the loss.&nbsp;<br />&ldquo;The way I played, even though it wasn&rsquo;t my best, I gave it my all on the court,&rdquo; said Gauff, the 2023 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/sablenka-aces-it-mentally-23463700" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>US Open</strong></a> champion.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Some matches are going to go my way, some are not. Maybe a couple of years ago I would feel a lot more crushed and feel like the world is ending type sadness,&rdquo; she said.</p>
<p>Gauff said it was a very different feeling to her last Slam defeat, a fourth-round three-setter to Emma Navarro in New York last year. &ldquo;Today I feel like I&rsquo;m playing with solutions. I know what I need to work on. Even though I lost today, I feel like I&rsquo;m in an upward trajectory.&rdquo;</p>
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