"Booked my flight on the wrong date" - Coco Gauff jokes about arriving in Doha three months late for the World Cup

As well as being one of the world's most exciting tennis prospects, Coco Gauff has an impressive social media following and she loves to create fun content for her followers.

The 18-year-old provides feel-good entertainment across her platforms, including her videos on TikTok which often go viral.

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Gauff's sense of humor always shines through in her social posts, and even during interviews. That's why she couldn't help but make a little joke when she announced she had arrived in Doha for this month's Qatar TotalEnergies Open.

Gauff is set to compete at the WTA 500 event, which gets underway next week. She uploaded a photo to her Instagram story upon her arrival and just had to slip a joke in there about the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

"Booked my flight for the World Cup on the wrong date," the world number six wrote on a snap of the Doha skyline, insinuating she is almost three months late to watch the tournament which was held in November.

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The World No.6 will be looking to improve on last year's result at the Qatar Open, which saw her reach the quarter-finals after beating Shelby Rogers, Carolina Garcia and Paula Badosa. She was eventually knocked out of the tournament by Maria Sakkari.