Last year’s U.S. Open focused on goodbyes. This year, Gauff, the new singles champion, along with Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz, burst through the front door with plans to stay.
Kylie McKenzie accused a U.S.T.A. coach of inappropriately touching her when she was 19. In depositions, the organization has questioned her sexual history.
Gauff, 19, has been in the spotlight since she was a 15-year-old playing Wimbledon, but after winning the U.S. Open singles title, those lights will burn far hotter.