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“it was all about how I would take care of my end of the court. Defeat makes me want to work even harder…I feel like I have been…but clearly it’s not enough,” Coco Gauff has confessed to the media upon her first round loss to Sofia Kenin at Wimbledon.
High hopes and expectations are what every player yearns for but you can only do so much once it’s showtime on the court. A game strategy that’s broken might not be able to be fixed with a short time on the court. Players feel that, coaches witness that and strained faces and expressions tell the tale.
Gauff has had some rough patches along the way to the Wimbledon Championships. At the beginning of the year, the Australian Open she’d gotten to the fourth round, losing in straight sets to Jelena Ostapenko. The Qatar Open she faced Veronika Kudermetova pumping 6 aces into the three setter but coming up short in the win column.
She would be successful at winning her first doubles title of 2023 with Jessica Pegula and went deep into the semifinals with Iga Swiatek to be eluded again with success. The Sunshine Doubles creates a great atmosphere for most but Coco bowed at the quarterfinals.
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