USOpen.org looks at the best quotes from Day 11 action at the 2023 US Open.
“Speaking things into existence is real. I've been trying to speak more positively of myself and actually telling myself that I'm a great player.” — Coco Gauff
“I feel a lot of joy coming back here. It’s kind of like seeing an old friend you haven’t seen in a long time.” — 2018 and 2020 US Open titlist Naomi Osaka on her return to Flushing Meadows
“Bjorn has been wanting me to go after it more, so he said if I hit a 121 [mph] serve I get anything I want.” — Hard-serving Madison Keys on fiancée/coach Bjorn Fratangelo
“I made up my mind as a youngster that that’s probably going to be the case if I wanted things off the court to happen. I thought that was much more important than titles on the court. I could have won a lot more titles probably. I missed 11 years of the Australian, didn’t play the French a lot of years. They should have asterisks in tennis. We don’t have them like baseball has them every other sentence.” — Billie Jean King on sacrificing titles for seeking social justice
“I think I'm more mature now. I grew up a lot since last year. Last year, I was facing my first semifinal of a Grand Slam. Now I’m facing my fourth one. I feel like I’m a totally different player. I feel like I’m more mature. I deal better with the pressure.” — Carlos Alcaraz
“She’s a phenomenal tennis player. There’s a reason she’s going to be No. 1 on Monday. She has a ton of power. She serves really well. To be quite honest, the year that she was able to have with the serving troubles that she had, I think it just shows she’s an incredible competitor and fighter.” — Madison Keys on Aryna Sabalenka
“There are some things that Novak does better; there are some things that Carlos does better. I think they are at a level of their own at the moment. The other guys gotta catch up. It’s as simple as that.” — Alexander Zverev
“This time around, I’ve been focusing more on myself and my expectations of myself, not going on social media or listening to people who believe that I can or believe that I can’t.” — Coco Gauff
“I just remember watching the Australian Open and being very devastated because I’ve never missed an Australian Open. When I was watching Serena and Venus, I was thinking, ‘I probably no way will ever play at their age.' But sitting here, I’m like, 'You know what? I might do that actually.” — Naomi Osaka
“My first time I met Billie, I was seven or eight. It was at World TeamTennis. It was a clinic. My dad was shipping us around everywhere. If you were in L.A., you saw us. We were everywhere in that red bus. I just remember I wanted to impress Billie. I thought I did.” — Venus Williams on meeting Billie Jean King
