US Open player that lost to Coco Gauff admits to napping in between matches

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German women's tennis player Tatjana Maria lost 6-4, 6-0 to Coco Gauff in the second round of the women's singles tournament at the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

On Friday, Maria admitted she napped during the U.S. Open in between matches, since her match against Gauff was at 7 p.m. Maria is a 37-year-old mother of two from Germany. 

"In the evening, I get tired, like everybody else, so that’s why I have to take a nap," she said. "I have to rest pretty much the whole afternoon to be ready for the evening."

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Coco Gauff in action during a second round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 in New York City. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Maria is not even the only player who has napped in between matches in Flushing, Queens this week. Zhang Zhizhen, 27, who won a silver medal for China in mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics, admitted to it as well. Zhizhen lost in the first round to England's Jack Draper on Tuesday. 

"If I feel tired, I want to sleep, so I go to sleep. Maybe if I have the first match at 11 a.m., I don’t have enough time. But any other match, I probably will take a nap for 10 or 15 minutes," he said. "Sometimes in the afternoon, I will sleep for one or two hours."

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Coco Gauff tries to cool down with a bag of ice while playing Croatia's Donna Vekic during their women's singles third round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July