Coco Gauff on combined ATP & WTA events: “It was almost a sold out crowd.. it shows we can bring as many crowds as the men in combined events. Hopefully we do more of them. I think it pushes tennis to even more of a global standard than it already is”
"It shows we can bring as many crowds as the men": Gauff believes more combined ATP and WTA tournaments justified after sold out DC Open
WTASunday, 06 August 2023 at 01:00
Coco Gauff expressed her opinion that combined ATP and WTA events help attract larger crowds, following a sold-out Mubadala Citi DC Open.
The 19-year-old rising star is currently one of the biggest attractions on the WTA tour, especially in her home country of the United States, where she has won the hearts of the fans.
Gauff has not disappointed this week in Washington, where she entered as the third seed and has already reached the final of the event.
The tournament has brought even more good news for Gauff, as she highlighted the positive ticket sales at the DC Open, demonstrating that in combined ATP and WTA events, women can draw larger crowds.
“It was almost a sold out crowd. t shows we can bring as many crowds as the men in combined events. Hopefully we do more of them,” Gauff said.
”I think both the fans and the players like it. I really think that it pushes tennis to even more of a global standard than it already is when we do have this combined event,” world No. 7 added.
The American started the US Open series tournaments on hard courts in great form. After a disappointing first-round loss at Wimbledon against Sofia Kenin, Gauff traveled to the United States and began her preparation for the US Open at the WTA 500 Washington.
Thanks to a bye in the first round, she made her debut in the round of 16 against Haley Baptiste and then defeated Belinda Bencic in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals against Liudmila Samsonova, whom she defeated in two sets.
This will be Gauff's second final of the year. In the first one, she defeated Rebeka Masarova to lift the WTA 250 Auckland Open title prior to the Australian Open. This time, she will face the Greek and world No. 8, Maria Sakkari, who defeated Jessica Pegula to advance to the final.
claps 0visitors 257
Just In
Popular News
Latest Comments
- Rybakina is back!!
mandoist21-12-2024 - She sems to have a turbulent relationship with The Truth. Not even smartenough to make an excuse like "I severely twisted my ankle yesterday" -- then be seen shopping in some city next day while "recuperating"!mandoist21-12-2024
- Why do you even publish this TwatCaster's PATHETIC stunt for attention? There's plenty of reasons why imbeciles like him are 'talking' and people like Iga Swiatek are 'walking the walk'. Tennisuptodate should be above this tripe.mandoist16-12-2024
- If and when Political Correctness and gullible hearts over-rule BIOLOGY, the Human world begins its already seeming decline.mandoist15-12-2024
- The new generation has arrived and these guys need to do it with the left overs.
AceOfBase13-12-2024 - Every young, inexperiend CEO has "better" ideas (and friends to hire).mandoist12-12-2024
- What a load of nonsense. Emotional stress definitely didn’t cause her wrist or ankle injuries.Lyca10-12-2024
- Taylor Fritz 🎾 – the surprising third for many. 🎄 A great Christmas tree quiz question! 🎅✨MrAndreeva10-12-2024
- Simona Halep taking the axe out 🪓😮💨MrAndreeva08-12-2024
- ITIA is literally a Secret Organization. Way past time for a neutral entity to oversee, if not guide, these Elitists within ITIA whom enjoy their ability to keep their "investigations" in a business as usual format behind closed doors!!mandoist08-12-2024
