American teenage prodigy Coco Gauff says she is spending much less time on social media now as she focuses on charting her personal course to success in tennis.
Gauff has been within the highlight ever since her astounding run as a 15-year-old at Wimbledon in 2019, the place she knocked out her idol and five-time champion Venus Williams after turning into the youngest participant within the skilled period to survive the qualifying draw.
Her dream run on the grass court docket Grand Slam continued till the fourth spherical, and the next yr she reached the identical stage on the Australian Open on the hardcourts of Melbourne Park.
Expectations for the now 17-year-old Gauff have remained excessive, and he or she is consistently making an attempt to reside up to them.
Part of that entails focusing on her tennis extra and social media much less, she advised reporters on the WTA 500 occasion in Charleston.
“I think I was just trying not to be on social media as much because a lot of people have opinions on you and how they think you should play,” Gauff stated.
“But I think it’s important that you focus on your journey, your path, and you’re going to have a different path than other players. That’s what I’ve been working on lately, is just focusing on my journey and my path.”
African-American Gauff additionally emerged as a number one voice within the combat in opposition to racial injustice in America final yr.
Gauff, at the moment ranked thirty sixth on the earth – one spot under the career-best rating she reached final month, stated she is prepared to be affected person in her bid for fulfillment.
“I think you want results to happen fast, but I’m also still developing my game and figuring out how I want to play on the court and how I want to construct my points,” she added.
“So it’s just definitely a learning process and I feel like with every tournament, even though some tournaments I don’t do as well as others, I feel like with each one I’m getting better and getting closer to figuring out my game and figuring out what I like to do.”
