By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday June 28, 2025
How will Coco Gauff course of taking part in Wimbledon so quickly after she simply climbed a serious hurdle in Paris, the place she grew to become the primary American girl to win Roland-Garros since Serena Williams in 2015?
Gauff says it shouldn’t be an issue. She’s all the time been a participant who has no downside letting the previous go.
“I am very a lot somebody who can look forward in a short time,” she advised the media at Wimbledon on Saturday. “As soon as I obtained again from New York, I used to be just about extra centered on right here, simply excited about what I have to do, the place I really feel the areas of my sport I would like to enhance on.”
Gauff, a two-time champion who enters Wimbledon because the No.2 seed, has by no means reached a quarterfinal on the All England Membership. She’s hoping to vary that this yr.
She says she’ll have loads of time to rejoice her achievements after the season.
“I feel for me I might quite simply keep within the second and take into consideration this and sort of neglect the French,” she stated. “I nonetheless wish to do rather well right here. I really feel fairly assured on the court docket. Yeah, for me it was vital simply to neglect, which is simple for me as a result of I am all the time on the lookout for the following factor.
“I feel I wish to eliminate it [from my memory]. When November comes, I will revisit.”
Gauff says she has spent a lot of the final two weeks re-acclimating her sport to the grass, which implies studying to hit extra slice, and hitting a flatter ball. There has additionally been additional emphasis on the motion and on the serve.
“It is clearly rather a lot totally different than clay,” the 21-year-old stated. “[I am just trying to] preserve the ball decrease. Clearly clay, it is taking part in with a whole lot of top, heaviness, and that sort of sport. [On grass] I really feel it is advisable play a little bit bit decrease and a little bit bit extra aggressive than the clay season, which is a bit tough simply since you spend I do not know nevertheless many lengthy weeks the clay is taking part in a sure sort of manner.
“Then we come on grass, and we’ve 13 days to utterly – not utterly change since you nonetheless have the core of your sport – however simply change a little bit bit the way you play.”
