Coco Gauff Enjoys Times Square and Takes in a Broadway Musical After Loss at U.S. Open

It’s the circle of life!Days after falling to number one women’s tennis player Naomi Osaka in the third round of the U.S. Open, teen sensation Coco Gauff was enjoying the sights of New York City.In a series of photos and clips posted to her Instagram Story on Tuesday, Gauff, 15, revealed she was seeingThe Lion Kingon Broadway with her mother, Candi Gauff.After showing off herPlaybillfor the musical, Gauff shared in a video, “I’m here in New York with my mom, and we watchedLion King, which is great.”Then, the athlete — a Florida high school student — broke into some goofy renditions of the show’s popular and beloved tracks.“Us after seeingLion Kingon Broadway,” she captioned a clip of the mother-daughter duo singing “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.”Joked her mom, “Stick to tennis.”Coco Gauff/InstagramCoco Gauff/InstagramOsaka defeated Gauff 6-3, 6-0 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium last Saturday evening. Gauff was the youngest female to advance to the third round in the open since Anna Kournikova in 1996. She first burst onto the scene at Wimbledon earlier this year when shedefeated Venus Williams.The transition to overnight sensation, Gauff told PEOPLE at theLotte New York Palace’s the Palace Invitational, has been challenging: “When I was younger, I was just dreaming about winning tournaments and winning slams I guess, and I didn’t think about all that would come with it. So like, I guess I had time to mentally prepare for the winning but not necessarily the off the court.”Jamie McCarthy/GettyShe adds, “But honestly, I’m just grateful that I’ve been given the platform and I hope that I’m able to use this platform in the right way.”

It’s the circle of life!

Days after falling to number one women’s tennis player Naomi Osaka in the third round of the U.S. Open, teen sensation Coco Gauff was enjoying the sights of New York City.

In a series of photos and clips posted to her Instagram Story on Tuesday, Gauff, 15, revealed she was seeingThe Lion Kingon Broadway with her mother, Candi Gauff.

After showing off herPlaybillfor the musical, Gauff shared in a video, “I’m here in New York with my mom, and we watchedLion King, which is great.”

Then, the athlete — a Florida high school student — broke into some goofy renditions of the show’s popular and beloved tracks.

“Us after seeingLion Kingon Broadway,” she captioned a clip of the mother-daughter duo singing “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.”

Joked her mom, “Stick to tennis.”

Coco Gauff/Instagram

Osaka defeated Gauff 6-3, 6-0 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium last Saturday evening. Gauff was the youngest female to advance to the third round in the open since Anna Kournikova in 1996. She first burst onto the scene at Wimbledon earlier this year when shedefeated Venus Williams.

The transition to overnight sensation, Gauff told PEOPLE at theLotte New York Palace’s the Palace Invitational, has been challenging: “When I was younger, I was just dreaming about winning tournaments and winning slams I guess, and I didn’t think about all that would come with it. So like, I guess I had time to mentally prepare for the winning but not necessarily the off the court.”

Jamie McCarthy/Getty

She adds, “But honestly, I’m just grateful that I’ve been given the platform and I hope that I’m able to use this platform in the right way.”

source: people.com