Gauff, the No. 3 seed, surrendered a one-set lead against Rybakina in the semifinal at Arthur Ashe Stadium, eventually going down 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and eight minutes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cRight now it sucks. My dad came up and said, \u2018You have accomplished so many things this summer,\u2019 and I just said, \u2018I don\u2019t care about the summer. ' Right now that is where my head is at,\u201d Gauff told reporters after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gauff admitted that while she was proud of her overall progress, the immediate disappointment of missing another opportunity to win a Grand Slam remained difficult to overcome.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut it is the goal. I want to be a consistent player, and I want to give myself as many opportunities as I can to lift the trophy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut it hurts. It\u2019s all great, but I think the competitor in me is like, this is the tournament that I want to perform at. I did perform, but it\u2019s the tournament you want to come out with the win.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 21-year-old said she would take lessons from the defeat and hoped to keep putting herself in similar positions in the future.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a learning experience, and I hope to keep putting myself in positions to hopefully win,\u201d Gauff said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Looking back at her campaign in New York, Gauff felt she had largely been able to play the kind of tennis she wanted, despite a difficult quarterfinal performance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI think I played almost every match on my terms. I think the worst match for me was maybe the quarter-final, where I maybe fell back into old habits, but in 24 hours I was able to switch that, and I think that it\u2019s confidence to continue to improve,\u201d she said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gauff also drew encouragement from the fact that she still has plenty of time to develop her game and challenge for more major titles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI am looking at the other semi-finalists. They are older than me, by three or four years, and I\u2019m just trying to think of how much work I have put in this year and how far I have come,\u201d she said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cNow I am just excited to keep putting in the work for another year or another two years and see where I\u2019m at at 24 or 25. I want to see where my game can take me, and hopefully it can be on the winning end of matches like this,\u201d she added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gauff had made a strong start, breaking Rybakina in the sixth game of the opening set before serving it out 6-3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The momentum then shifted as Rybakina broke in the fourth game of the second set to move 4-1 ahead. Gauff fought back to level the set at 4-4, but the Kazakh struck again in the 10th game to force a decider.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gauff had made a strong start, breaking Rybakina in the sixth game of the opening set before serving it out 6-3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, Rybakina responded immediately, breaking in the 10th game to complete the comeback and book a place in the final against Aryna Sabalenka.<\/p>\r\n\r\n