Undoubtedly, the hot topic in the tennis world is currently the tennis rankings going up and down. And why won’t it be? In the WTA arena, Aryna Sabalenka will make her debut as a world number one soon. On the other hand, Iga Swiatek will step down to world number 2 for the first time in 75 weeks, looking into her present US Open performance.

Recently, Jessica Pegula shared a conversation that she had with her double partner, Coco Gauff, over the same topic. Well, let’s take a look at what people in the WTA world are currently thinking while diving deep into their conversations.

Jessica Pegula reveals a conversation with Coco Gauff 

After losing hopes in the fourth round of the US Open, the 29-year-old American tennis player was asked in a post-match press conference about her take on the switch that was seen before when the Polish tennis player and Sabalenka were both rising to the top.

At that time, before the four-time Grand Slam champion faced defeat in the fourth round, both of them were giving tough competition to each other as to who would take the number one spot. To which the third-ranked tennis player shared a part of the conversation that she had with Gauff during their doubles competitions.

She said,  “We’re like, It’s kind of weird because, I mean, Iga still made second week, she’s still been going deep in every tournament and doing well. It wasn’t enough to keep her there. That’s crazy. Coco is like, I don’t know what more she could have done? I was like, I guess win the tournament again. That’s it.” 

While being the third-ranked player herself, she is also standing in the line to rise up to the world number one spot. Pegula also picked her side regarding whether she wanted a change in the ranking or not.

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Jessica picked her bet for the number one position 

Pegula, in the same conversation, talked about how she wants the 2023 Australian Open champion to take on the number-one spot and also stated her reasons behind the same. The 29-year-old American tennis star stated, “It’s nice to see that change and see her get rewarded for
how well she’s been playing, her consistency, especially in the slams.”

Along with that, the third-seeded tennis player also highlighted how it would be nice to see a change for a while in the ranking order. Nevertheless, now that the current world number one ranked tennis player’s unexpected only exam from the tournament has guaranteed a change of the ranking order by the end of the US Open,

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