Coco Gauff easing into the third round

American No.2 seeds Coco Gauff defeats Romanian qualified Todoni with 66 mins to reach the second round of Wimbledon 2024.

By Mark Hodgkinson

Freshly blonde, yet a well-established and well-known figure in the petunias and ivy of south-west London Just four months after she left her teenage years, Coco Gauff appears to be an old-fashioned lawn tennis player.

There’s a sense that this could turn out to be an extremely important Fortnight for the 20-year-old from the All England Club, a opinion that could be that Roger Federer’s two parents Robbie and Lynette as well as his twins Leo and Lenny who were part of the No.1 Court crowd for the American’s 6-1, 6-2 win against Romanian qualifying player Anca Todoni in the second round.

A second generation of Federers admiring each other felt as if they were expressing some sort of support to this year’s US Open champion, who has reached the final 32 in only six games.

Gauff has been a part of grass courts since her debut in the 15-year-old age group of qualifiers. She’s competing at Wimbledon in her fifth year (and if it weren’t for the pandemic it will become her sixth Championships).

and the unbalanced nature of her initial two matches – there were moments where she felt that she had the chance to play more slick tennis, but she was overall satisfied – suggests she is planning to go very far in Wimbledon’s Wimbledon tournament for the very first time. perhaps even going further to win the Venus Rosewater Dish, to complete her US Open trophy she hoisted in New York City last September to claim her first Grand Slam title.

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The experience of playing at No.1 Courts is “special” to Gauff She said that since this is the place she began her tennis career after a win over Venus Williams in the opening round of The Championships 2019.

Since Gauff made it to the finals at Wimbledon that summer – and reached the final 16 – she’s taken home the US Open title, played in a final at Roland-Garros and also made it to the fourth round in the Australian Open. What she hasn’t accomplished since then is to go further in the Wimbledon draw, but she was able to match her 2018 performance by making the fourth round of 2021.

Last summer, Gauff fell to an opponent in the qualifying round, putting her in “a deep depression”. However, she’s been learning about her life over the past 12 months. This has included recognizing that there is no need to be overwhelmed or consumed by pressure and expectation.

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Tennis is, in the end, an enjoyable sport, something to be enjoyed, not being endured.

There are several additional reasons why Gauff may be well-positioned this summer. It’s important to note that Gauff is playing in her debut Wimbledon as an official Grand Slam champion, so knows the requirements to win seven matches in two weeks. In addition, she’s in the top 10 of her career of No. 2.

It’s been 20 years since a teen first won the title of women’s singles in the Wimbledon grass. It is Maria Sharapova, who was just 17 when she beat Serena Williams in the 2004 final. Wimbledon isn’t going to have a teenager champion this year either. But it could have some kind of lawn tennis veteran who’s only 20 years old and is a third.