America’s young tennis sensation is
currently leading the Women’s Race to the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The mega-event is scheduled to be organized
from July 26 to August 11 in the French capital city of Paris next year.
Gauff, who is often regarded as
the most highly-rated young women’s player currently playing on the circuit, is leading the Women’s Race to the Olympics with 4,200 points.
The 19-year-old has recently won
her maiden Grand Slam after beating the current world number one Belarus’ Aryna
Sabalenka in the final of the US Open with a score of 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.
Gauff is comfortably sitting at
the very top as her closest rival is the former world number one and current world
number two Poland’s
Iga Swiatek who just has 2,860 points.
Third in the list features the Czech
Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova with 2,835 points. She has recently won her
first Grand Slam after beating Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in the final with a score
of 6-4, 6-4.
Interestingly, the current
top-ranked WTA player Sabalenka is placed fourth on the list with just 2,805 points.
America’s Jessica Pegula is fifth on
the list with 2,495 points whereas Jabeur is sixth with 2,337 points to her
name.