Miami Gardens, Fla. – Coco Gauff shrugged and laughed a little on the point Monday when she seemed to be paying attention to others when she lost her streak in two or three games – it was a long season, a tough spot.
“Sometimes, when I’m not doing well, people think I’m personally having a problem,” Goff said on the eve of the Miami Open. Women started playing on Tuesday and men started on Wednesday.
Break early in one or two events – or like she did at the Australian Open in January and February, Qatar and Dubai – fans or former players would ask the 2023 U.S. Open champion who was just 21 last week, whether she could or not.
“I thought, ‘I just lost a few games! I’m so happy.
“Obviously, I’m not happy with the past results, but that’s one of the things in my career history. I still feel like I’m still having a few years to go… (arrived) I think it’s a good week every week. “I’m also in the game change; it’s hard.” ”
She talks about these transitions frequently, starting with last year’s U.S. Open coaching staff adjustments and also tweaks the serve-specifically with a second focus to avoid double-fault issues – as well as her forehand.
It has been clear since she broke into the scene in the 15-year-old qualifier at Wimbledon in 2019, beating seven-time champion Venus Williams into the fourth round, which was Goff’s backhand, if not elite, her backhand was nothing, and her forehand was the shot that opponents often had.
The Americans’ most recent game was a three-set loss last week at Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic in India Wells, California. Afterward, Bencic talked about her idea of a quarter of the finals.
“I think she’s even more nervous, so I think that’s the right time for her forehand,” Bencic said of Goff.
Gauff held the event in the stadium used by the NFL as a “home game” in the next two weeks.
She scored 6-5 in Miami and did not surpass the fourth round.
No matter what others might say to her after a setback, or to her, Gauff doesn’t like too many harps – even if she wants to have more expectations of herself.
This is why it is highly praised. And won the Grand Slam championship in singles and doubles last year and the WTA final at the end of the season.
“I would say, sometimes, when everyone is (saying), ‘Oh, (losing) two straight games are tough,'” she said on Monday, “Because if I weren’t a top five player, it might not be a conversation. That’s the highest. You want you to win. I also hope I can win.”
