Coco Gauff won the China Open in Beijing, 2nd title of the season and 2nd WTA 1000 won in her career, thanks to which she also regained the 4th place in the WTA world ranking.
An eight-time champion at 20 years old 🏆
Olympian @CocoGauff adds another title to her resume. pic.twitter.com/CLuUMwkv2k
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) October 7, 2024
The American, in an interview with WTA, commented on her Chinese success and analyzed her growth, reflecting on how much pressure she had to face at only 20 and in a short career but already full of successes. Especially considering the many and unfair criticisms received in 2024. In what should have been the year of confirmations and which, in reality, turned out to be poor in joys, the American tennis player still managed to hit a success right at the end of the current season, which relaunches her ambitions.
thank you everyone for all of the love and support these two weeks here in Beijing❤️. Very grateful for it all! See you next year! pic.twitter.com/uZbGj4pVtr
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) October 6, 2024
“I told my team that I wanted to play Beijing. We were thinking about going to Wuhan, but I felt like I needed to play, to have fun. The tournaments where I really wanted to do well, the Slams, were over. I always think that…