NEW YORK — Coco Gauff tried to put on a brave face Monday after losing in the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the second year in a row, this time to Naomi Osaka, saying: “I am not going to let this crush me.”

The No. 3-seeded Gauff, who won the first of her two Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows in 2023, was undone by a slew of groundstroke errors and failed to do her usual strong job of returning, which all contributed to a 6-3, 6-2 victory for Osaka in just 64 minutes at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

“I just made way too many mistakes — way too many errors — which I feel like that’s the part of my game that I felt the most confident in, coming into the tournament. So it was kind of a weird match, feeling confident in different areas swapping,” Gauff said. “I mean, it’s disappointing. For

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