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Helene Elliott: Osaka, Gauff teach life lessons

NEW YORK - Naomi Osaka had earned the right to stand alone in triumph, to celebrate advancing to the fourth round of the U.S. Open after she'd given teen sensation Coco Gauff a powerful example of clutch play and what it takes to be a champion, but she wouldn't have felt right soaking up the applause when she knew Gauff would be in the locker room sobbing.

They had embraced at the net after Osaka's masterful 6-3, 6-0 decision, and it was a delightfully heartfelt scene. If they had left it at

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