Tennis-Gauff hurting but proud of teen achievement after Melbourne semi loss

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 25, 2024 Coco Gauff of the U.S. and Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka during their semi final match REUTERS/Issei Kato

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Coco Gauff will take plenty of positives out of her last Grand Slam campaign as a teenager once the pain of her loss to Aryna Sabalenka in a thrilling Australian Open semi-final fades.

The American went toe-to-toe with the powerful second seed for 102 minutes on Thursday but was unable to replicate her victory in last year's U.S. Open final and get a shot at landing a second major title as she went down 7-6(2) 6-4.