Coco Gauff acknowledges she tends to be in a bit of a hurry as she moves through life. (More Tennis News)
The 18-year-old Floridian doesn't stick around in a city after a tennis tournament ends: 바카라Even if it's a nice place,바카라 she said with a chuckle, 바카라I like to leave.바카라Â
When dinner's finished, she's not one to linger in a restaurant: 바카라I don't like to sit and talk after I'm done eating,바카라 she said, eliciting more of her own laughter. 바카라I like to go.바카라
Yes, generally, Gauff is ready to move on. Her philosophy, in a nutshell: Why wait?
바카라I'm pretty impatient, to be honest. I wouldn't say I'm impatient with people and things, but when it comes to getting things done, I'd rather do it sooner than later,바카라 Gauff said during an interview with The Associated Press.Â
바카라I guess that relates to my career; I never realized it until this conversation. But you do want success to happen now.바카라Â
When the Australian Open begins the 2023 Grand Slam season Monday morning (Sunday night EST), Gauff will be scheduled to start the action in Rod Laver Arena against Katerina Siniakova. Win that, and Gauff next could face Emma Raducanu, who won the 2021 U.S. Open as a teenager.Â
Keep going all the way to the semifinals, and the No. 7-seeded Gauff might just end up facing No. 1 Iga Swiatek, who won the 2020 French Open as a teenager and has since tacked on two more major titles. That would be a rematch of their French Open final last June, which Swiatek won.
Gauff is not the only youthful player making strides at the highest levels of her sport.Â
She is, however, someone who grew up under 바카라 and needed to grow accustomed to 바카라 an intense spotlight, having made her Grand Slam debut in 2019 by becoming the youngest qualifier in Wimbledon history, then drawing even more attention by beating Venus Williams en route to making it to the fourth round at the All England Club.
바카라I've definitely grown a lot since then. I was 15 and very new. I had a lot of confidence. Still have a lot of confidence. But I feel like I'm more grounded," Gauff said. "Everything happened so fast, so my head got 바카라 I wouldn't say big,' because I was always humble and stuff 바카라 but I think, in hindsight, it is all happening fast.바카라
Her greatest growth from then to now, according to her father, Corey: 바카라Her mental maturity.바카라
SWIATEK'S TAKE ON GAUFF?
바카라I feel, off court, that she's really humble. I'm happy about that, because I know that from a young age, kind of all eyes were on her,바카라 Swiatek said. 바카라I'm happy she's coping with that well.바카라Â
Gauff certainly has been, both by improving as a player and by finding her voice and speaking up on issues, whether it is gun violence in the U.S. or the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade or whatever else matters to her.
바카라She's wise beyond her years. Obviously, her parents should take a lot of pride in this young lady that they've raised, for sure, and deserve a lot of credit for providing that foundation for her. But Coco is, of course, Coco and she's herself,바카라 WTA CEO and Chairman Steve Simon said.Â
바카라What I'm excited about is the process that she went through to get there means to me that she's got a good chance to maintain that level on a long-term basis, versus those that just all of a sudden hit gold.바카라
On the court, Gauff knows there is work to be done 바카라 her forehand is still a shot that opponents tend to test 바카라 to keep achieving and to keep taking strides in the right direction.Â
As it is, she already has cracked the top 10 in the rankings in singles and got all the way to No. 1 in doubles, qualifying in both events at the 2022 season-ending WTA Finals.Â
She made it to her first Grand Slam final in Paris. She won her third career singles trophy last week in Auckland, New Zealand.Â
And now?
바카라The biggest goal every year,바카라 Gauff said with another laugh, 바카라is to win a Grand Slam.바카라
