For once, it appears that paying attention to social media mentions paid off for a professional athlete.<\/p>\n
U.S. tennis star Coco Gauff defeated Sorana Cirstea of Romania in the round of 16 match in the Miami Open on Monday.<\/p>\n
The fourth-ranked player in the world later credited a post she saw on X, formerly Twitter, for pointing out an aspect of her game that she had not previously considered, and that it was a part of why she was able to win the match.<\/p>\n
\u201cI honestly, I saw a tweet that said I should go to the net more,\u201d Gauff said after the match<\/a>, \u201cand I was like, \u2018Yeah, you\u2019re right, I win a lot of net points.\u2019 So I honestly was thinking about that on match point, and I was just hoping I didn\u2019t miss the ball in the net because I\u2019ve done that a couple times, but I was just focused on just hitting it over the net.\u201d<\/p>\n It appears that the post Gauff was referencing came from the X account @slice_szn (Slice & Dice, Inc).<\/p>\n \u201cCoco I need you to go to the net like you did tonight WAY more often,\u201d reads a post from the account on February 20<\/a>. \u201cWe didn\u2019t get the win in the end but my gosh was it amazing seeing you rush that net and put those balls away.\u201d<\/p>\n The person behind the account immediately clocked that Gauff was referring to them, writing \u201cShe\u2019s talking about me yall, I\u2019m cocos new coach\u201d on Monday.<\/p>\n She\u2019s talking about me yall, I\u2019m cocos new coach \ud83d\udd25 https:\/\/t.co\/3I5IQIBMfG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/idSXWa8g6n<\/a><\/p>\n