Article by David Istrate – published on Friday, August 1, 2025, 16:03 / Updated on Friday, August 20, 20:05
Although she has qualified in the finals of the Montreal tournament, Coco Gauff (21 years, 2 WTA) is disappointed by her game and, in particular, her services, the world number 2 gathering no less than 37 double-tears in the 2 matches played in Canada.
In the 2nd round and the third round of Montreal, Coco Gauff had matches of 2 hours and 56 minutes, respectively 2 hours and 35 minutee. First, the American passed 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2) by the compatriot Danielle Collins (31 years, 61 WTA), after which he defeated 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Veronika Kudertova (28 years, 42 WTA).
Coco Gauff, leader in double-tears at Montreal: “I was a little upset about myself”
In “Optimi”, Gauff will meet Victoria MBOKO (18 years, 85 WTA), the favorite of the Canadian public. After the 2nd success, the 21-year-old player spoke about her Montreal experience.
“Maybe I got upset a little on myself so I managed to relax more. There were a few heavy matches here, but I am happy that I passed today. My energy level is there. I am not yet at the point where these matches are physically exhausted,” explained Gauff, quoted by Punto de Break.
“I trained in Florida for 3 weeks, in sessions of 3 hours, 3 and a half hours, to which I add to 32 degrees and increased humidity. So [meciurile] are not as long as it would seem but I would love to hold them under 2 hours, even if I am here I am necessary if necessary“She added.
In the first match, Gauff had 23 double-tea and, in the second game, she accounted for 14 double-tears. Therefore, A total of 37 mistakes at work in the first 2 games, which means an average of 6.2/set, ie more than one per game.
“They are positive and negative aspects. Obviously, I am very disappointed by myself when it comes to this game, simply because I didn't play at Washington just to work for it, to make changes. At training, I did well, I served properly so I would like to do this during the match.”
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Diametral situation opposite for Coco Gauff in double: “It's weird”
However, the champion at Roland Garros managed to see the full side of the glass:
“The positive thing is that I manage to win these matches even if a part of my game is “in crutches”. If I could sit on both legs, then I can only imagine it would be much simpler and easier for me. There are 2 things I can extract from here.
I don't want to lead this statistics and I want to become better. I know I probably will never get rid of double mistakes, but if I could go down to 2% or 3%, that would be a huge difference and make the matches much lighter. ”
Coco Gauff also plays double, along with McCartney Kessler (26 years, 32 WTA). In the first round, they defeated 7-6 (6), 6-4 on Fanny Stollar (26 years old, Hungary) and Fang-Hsien Wu (26 years old, Taiwan).
“Yesterday, double, I did not make double mistakes at all, so it was good. I would like to serve as simply as I do double, but the reason I play is exactly to put me under pressure. It is weird. I feel more pressure when I serve double than simply, because I do not want to make my partner, I do not lose the match.
In the optimals of the Montreal double competition, Gauff and Kessler are waiting for them confrontation with Lyudmyla Kichenok (33 years old, Ukraine) and Ellen Perez (29, Australia).
