Coco Gauff backs her mom for posting about family and friends' excessive US Open ticket requests

A day after Candi Gauff posted on a "blunt but necessary statement" on Instagram saying her daughter's tickets for the Grand Slam tournament were spoken for, Coco defended the sentiment.

"Honestly, it was needed, and it was directed towards a few family and friends," Gauff said Friday. "People come out of the woodwork. You haven't spoken to someone for years. They don't say, 'Congrats' or, 'Happy birthday' or nothing. Then they're like, 'Oh, I'm in New York, can I have 8 tickets to your match in your box, please?"

Gauff is coming off winning the Cincinnati Open and initially thought her mother's post — which included a photo of her holding the trophy — was a sweet message about that victory. Instead, Candi Gauff had a point to make.