Australian Open.And Gauff was asked in her post-match press conference about whether she would consider doing a similar thing, “I definitely want to get other opinions because I think it’s sometimes more of an emotional, mental thing because if I go out on the practice court right now, I would make, like, 30 serves in a row. I’ve done it before.”
Last year during the North American hard court season, Gauff won 18 matches on the way to the Washington, Cincinnati and US Open titles.
However, this year she has won just four matches, but seemed to dismiss this being related to the busy schedule due to the Paris Olympics.
“I know this wasn’t a great couple of months,” said Gauff. “I felt like physically and mentally ready, but for sure I think in Toronto and Cincy it was a little bit mentally draining, those tournaments having to switch surfaces. It’s tough when you’re trying to find your game. You’re just used to maybe a certain type of year.”
She continued, “But coming into this, I didn’t feel any exhaustion. I was actually really excited to play. But that’s something you have to deal with every four years, so it’s not that big of a deal. Every Olympics I can qualify for and I’m healthy, I’m definitely going to play. So I don’t blame it on that.”As a result of Gauff’s US Open defeat, she will now fall outside of the top five in the rankings, taking a few weeks off before returning to action at the WTA 1000 event in Beijing later this month.Inside the baseline…
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