Coco Gauff , a name that now echoes powerfully across the courts of Paris, has mastered the art of flipping the script and rewriting her destiny on tennis’s grandest stages. Criticized for back-to-back losses after the AO, recently, she silenced her doubters with a fearless clay-court campaign that lit up her path to yet another final in the heart of the French capital. She’s not just playing; she’s owning her narrative, making her rivals feel the weight of her presence at court. But with greatness comes gravity. She broke Serena’s record at the US Open two years ago, and the expectations have only grown since then.

Once seen as her weakest surface, the red clay no longer intimidates her. Back-to-back finals in Madrid and Rome, along with lifting the 2024 WTA Finals trophy last year, ha

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