Coco Gauff, the American tennis prodigy, hit the headlines for the first time when she defeated the seven-time Grand Slam champion, Venus Williams, in the very first round of the Wimbledon championship in 2019. Also, she has many other noteworthy achievements. Such as she is the youngest player in the top 100 of WTA and the youngest singles title-holder on WTA since 2004. Gauff clinched the title at Linz Open in 2019 at the age of 15. However, the young star, with current world rankings of World No.15(Singles) and 10(Doubles), is scared to pay fines on-court.

Coco Gauff Doesn’t Appreciate Fines in Tennis

Gauff recently interacted with her fans and made fun of one of her expressions during the session. She looked in complete disbelief and slight shock and jokingly wrote, “When you break a racket on court and see how much the fine was.” Further, she admitted, “I have broken only one racket on court. And when I saw that fine, I was like I am never doing that again.”

Gauff defeated Tunisian tennis ace Ons Jabeur in the fourth round to enter the quarterfinals of the 2021 French Open. Though after her plan to thrash Barbora Krejcikova in the quarterfinals, to secure a seat to the semis didn’t work out. As the Czech tennis professional and the current WTA no.2 outclassed Gauff in straight sets.

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She lost control over her anger and smashed her racket, incurring a fine. This was the first time she let her emotions take control and, according to her, it will be the last as well.

Gauff’s Doubles Game This Year

Gauff at present is striving to book a position in the elite list of WTA singles. And the way she is proceeding, it might not take her long to achieve a ranking in the top 10. But in the case of doubles, she has already invaded the list. And she can only move upwards on the list owing to her current form and gameplay.

Speaking of her performance in doubles this year, she started the year with a subpar performance Australian Open. However, she quickly reclaimed her form and made a quarterfinal run in the Dubai International championship. Following that, she claimed the doubles title at Qatar Open alongside Jessica Pegula.

Further, the 19-year-old reached the quarterfinals of Indian Wells and semifinals of Miami Open alongside McNally. Thereafter, she played her first clay tournament of this year at Stuttgart Open, where she lost the title to the Dutch American duo, Demi Schuurs, and Desirae Krawczyk.

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Now after clinching the title at Qatar Open and having a successful quarterfinal run in Madrid. Gauff has again paired with Pegula for the ongoing tournament in Italy.