Rome, May 18 -- Coco Gauff says the mental lessons from her WTA Rome final defeat will serve her well heading into Roland Garros, where she defends her women's singles tennis titlelater this month.
The 22-year-old, ranked No.4 in the world, fell to Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Elina Svitolina in Saturday's final at the Foro Italico - the second consecutive year she has lost inthe title match.
Gauff squandered 14 break points across the match and later said her passivity at crucial moments as the main factor in the result, according to olympics.com.
"Today was a match that I learned from," she said in her post-match press conference. "I had many opportunities, but I didn't capitalise on them. I played too passive at some points, so...