Coco Gauff admits she is just not actually wanting ahead to collaborating within the 1 Level Slam and in addition reveals she is "not very assured" in her possibilities of successful the occasion.
On January 14th – simply three days earlier than the beginning of the Australian Open – the Rod Laver Area will stage the 1 Level Slam for the second yr in a row.
Because the identify suggests, the winner might be determined by a single level whereas rock-paper-scissors determines who will get to serve. And that's not essentially the most fascinating about it because the occasion will function a 32-player area consisting of twenty-two professional gamers and 10 amateurs. The winner will bag $1 million prize cash.
The Australian Open organizers have been doing their greatest to advertise the occasion for the previous month, and so they lured among the greatest names of the sport to compete. Moreover Gauff, the gamers which have signed as much as play embrace Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka, Zheng Qinwen, Jasmine Paolini, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, Nick Kyrgios and Felix Auger-Aliassime.
After Gauff led america to a comeback win over Argentina, a reporter requested the two-time Grand Slam champion about her upcoming participation on the 1 Level Slam.
Gauff: They needed me to play… I'm not wanting ahead to it
"I didn't, like (laughing) — yeah, they needed me to. I'm not wanting ahead to it, however…" the 21-year-old responded.
Gauff might not be too excited concerning the 1 Level Slam, however acknowledges it will likely be a enjoyable occasion.
"Yeah, the 1 Level, we'll see how I do. I'm not very assured in myself. However yeah, I believe it's nice. Simply promotes the extra enjoyable aspect of tennis. Clearly it's going to get fairly severe afterward, however I believe it's nice for fanfare. Particularly as a result of our sport is de facto, be quiet and don't transfer round an excessive amount of. It provides the followers somewhat completely different perspective on the game," Gauff added.
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