Coco Gauff seals Olympic Games debut after mathematically confirming spot after Indian Wells

World number three Coco Gauff became the first American tennis player to book her place in the Summer Olympics. The mega-event will be organised from July 26 to August 11 in the capital city of France — Paris.

As per the recent report, Gauff became the first American tennis player to qualify for the mega-event. She managed to do that after an impressive outing in the recently concluded WTA 1000 event — Indian Wells. This will be the first time when she will play in the mega-event.

Earlier this year, Gauff stated that winning a gold medal for her country in the Summer Olympics in 2024 is one of her big objectives.

“One of the goals I wrote down on my vision thing, vision note, in my phone, was to win a medal in the Olympics,” she said. “I’ll be completely honest, I don’t really care what event it is in. I feel like a gold, silver or bronze, whatever medal it is, is one of those things it doesn’t matter. Well, it does matter.

"Obviously, I want to win in singles. I feel like I would appreciate it just as much whether it was in singles or doubles. It’s not the same to me as a Slam, I guess, in a way. I just put ‘I want a medal at any of the events.’”

Gauff’s journey in Indian Wells came to an end as she lost to Greece’s Maria Sakkari in the semifinal with a score of 6-4, 6-7, 6-2.