Inspired by Coco Gauff?s Dream US Open Run, Tennis Great Martina Navratilova Dishes Out a Staggering Verdict for the American Ahead of WTA Finals

After an action-packed season filled with stellar performances, the top players on tour land in Cancun, Mexico. The 51-year-old WTA Finals tournament will feature the top 8 singles players and doubles team from October 29 to November 5. Plenty is at stake for the top competitors in the tournament with a total prize pool of $9 M already announced earlier. Can the youngest of them all, Coco Gauff make a mark on the biggest stage and end the year on a high note? Here’s what the legend of the sport has to say about the prolific teenager.

The 67-year-old American tennis legend and an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, Martina Navratilova rates the 19-year-old player highly. When the tennis world was considering Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, and Elena Rybakina as the ‘Big Three’ in women’s tennis. Navratilova called it the ‘Big Four’ after adding this promising young talent from Florida. She believes Coco Gauff has the potential to win double-figure majors in her career. All she needs is to work a bit on her technical issues and maintain her fitness levels. Let’s find out more about this.?

When the sky is the limit for Coco Gauff

The left-handed queen of tennis is quite impressed with the energetic young kind. Now, she advises her to channel her energy properly and utilize it to its fullest potential to achieve more heights. Here’s what Navratilova said while giving her verdict on Coco Gauff ahead of the WTA Finals.

‘She?s figured out how to win, even when she?s not playing her best tennis. I think she?s got clarity now with the game plan. And that gives you a lot of confidence, kind of takes you off the hook when things don?t go well you can get nervous and panic and say, ?Oh my God, what do I do?? she said.?

She went on to add, ‘But when you have a plan, you know whether it?s working or not. If it works, you stick with it and if it doesn?t, obviously you can change it. But that?s what that clarity gives you — a lot of confidence. So then weaknesses are not so weak anymore, and you just get on with it. And that?s what happened at the Open. She knew what she had to do to win the match.‘

Amid the battle between the current world number one and world number two, do not forget to miss out on the challengers like Coco Gauff. Despite her age and experience, she surely has the potential to turn the tables upside down and she has proved it earlier.

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The rise of Coco Gauff at the biggest stage of racket sport

Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff comes from a family with a sports background. Her father, mother, and brothers have been involved with sports at some point in their lives. The 2023 US Open winner, started to play tennis at a very early age. Gauff made her WTA Tour debut at the Miami Open in 2019. In fact, she became the youngest player to qualify for the main draws of Wimbledon Championships in the same year at 15. That’s quite a big statement to announce her name on one of the biggest stages. However, who inspired this young champion?

With the biggest stage, comes the biggest player and the legends of the sport- Serena and Venus Williams. Coco Gauff idolized them while growing up as a kid. She has also defeated Venus Williams at the Australian Open in 2020. Surely, that might have been a dream come true moment for this teenager. Now, she will face Marketa Vondrousova on November 1 at the group stages of the WTA Finals. Can she create history yet again and outshine the favorites of the tournament?

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