The WTA 1000 in Toronto was a disappointment for Coco Gauff, who came after the Paris Olympic campaign that did not give the results that the American tennis player had hoped for. Out in singles against Sofia Kenin, out in doubles together with Jessica Pegula and out in mixed doubles with Taylor Fritz. At the Canadian Open another painful defeat, this time against the young rising Russian star Diana Shnaider.
Now Coco is reflecting on her future, to regain her tennis and confidence. At the US Open she will defend the title and, as a first move, she has decided not to play the women’s doubles in Cincinnati or New York, to focus on her singles tournament, underlining that she could return to play some women’s doubles event in 2025, but that in any case it would not be a priority.
“I’m not playing doubles. It’s tough going week after week on the tour, that’s why. But maybe next year I’ll play here and there. I won’t play doubles as consistently as I have in the past. The goal was just to try to be as good as I can for the Olympics and then, yeah. Every week, week after week, I get to the end of the week, if I play singles and doubles I’m usually there in the semifinals at least in one event,” she explained.
