Coco Gauff says she is refusing to have a negative or pessimistic view of her Paris Olympics campaign as the American tennis star insists it was still “an incredible experience” despite failing to achieve the goal she set for herself and exiting the singles event after a very controversial call that was made against her.
Before and after arriving in Paris, world No. 2 Gauff made it perfectly clear that winning an Olympic medal was one of her biggest goals and that she was on a mission at this year’s Summer Games. And although Gauff was one of the top favorites for a medal in singles and she also appeared to have good chances of landing one in either women’s or mixed doubles, it didn’t happen for the 20-year-old American at this year’s Olympics.
In the singles event, Gauff suffered a shock 6-7 (7) 2-6 round-of-16 loss to eventual silver medalist Donna Vekic in a match that was marked by a very controversial moment in the second set that left the 2023 US Open champion in tears and claiming that she was “cheated on.”
Since Gauff and Pegula have been looking like one of the best doubles teams in the last few years, they were considered one of the top favorites for the gold medal in women’s doubles. But their run ended in the round-of-16 following a loss to Karolina…
