Gauff secured her first Grand Slam title with a three-set win over Sabalenka in Saturday's US Open final
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00:00 Yes, crazy. I mean, they're the reason why I have this trophy today, to be honest.
00:06 They've allowed me to believe in this dream, you know, growing up.
00:09 You know, there wasn't too many just black tennis players dominating the sport.
00:14 It was literally I mean, at that time when I was younger,
00:17 it was just them that I can remember.
00:20 And obviously more came because of their their legacy.
00:23 So it made the dream more believable.
00:25 But all the things that they had to go through,
00:27 they made it easier for someone like me to do this.
00:30 I mean, you look back at the history with the Indian Wells, with Serena,
00:34 all she had to go through, Venus fighting for equal pay.
00:37 Yeah, it's just like it's crazy.
00:41 And it's an honor to be in that kind of lineup and as them.
00:44 And I'm looking at it and she's won this a lot of times.
00:47 Yeah.
00:50 (laughing)