America’s tennis star
Coco Gauff has spoken about playing against
friends on the tour. The 20-year-old is already regarded as one of the most
highly-rated players in the women’s singles category.
Gauff has recently talked about how it is to play against friends
on the tour and stated that for her it is not that ‘difficult’ "I think
for me it's not really that difficult. So many times with Jess we've played and
had to play doubles right after and we don't take any feelings on the court. I
mean, yeah it s*cks to lose but you're not mad at, you're never even when I am
playing a friend or even somebody I probably don't like as much I'm never mad
at them after I lose a match it's more 'So what you can do better,'”.
"So I think most of the girls I would say 99% of the
girls on tour are very easy mind, when it comes to playing. Even like Dayana,
who I wouldn't necessarily say we're like super close friends but we talk
sometimes and I played her after Madrid and I saw her niece. She was like 'Do
you want to go dinner or go shopping together’. I think all the girls are in
that mindset of just going hard at it on the court and then being fine off the
court, which I think that's what you have to do in this life because these are
your friends or co-workers for the next 10-15 years so you better get along or
it's going to be miserable."
