"It's not like I'm out here fighting for my life": Gauff admits relaxed attitude after Pera win

Coco Gauff is not putting too much pressure on herself at the Australian Open explaining that she's just playing tennis and it's not like a life or death situation.

Coco Gauff is not feeling or putting any kind of pressure on herself. She's taking it day by day as she added another win in Melbourne. The match finished 6-2 6-3 as Pera struggled to keep the ball in play committing far too many errors. Speaking after the match, Gauff revealed a very relaxed attitude:

“I’m really not that nervous when I play. It’s just a tennis match, it’s not like I’m out here fighting for my life, I’m just over here playing tennis. It’s a tennis match, it’s just a game, the worst thing that can happen is I lose and I try again.”

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For Gauff being a human and doing things beneficial to society such as activism comes first before tennis. She's been very local in doing just that in the past few years since she become a prominent tennis player:

"I think before anything I’m a human before I’m a tennis player. So I’m always going to advocate for human rights and I feel with the platform that I have, and the background that I came from and the way I was raised - I was always told the importance of speaking up - and for me that’s something I take pride in and I will always do it."

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