Following a disappointing exit from Wimbledon at the hands of Dayana Yastremska, a teary-eyed Coco Gauff said, “ Obviously, I’m not going to dwell on this too long because I want to do well at the US Open. Maybe losing in the first round here isn’t the worst thing in the world because I have time to reset. ” However, she was stunned by the 18-year-old Canadian, Victoria Mboko, in the R16 of the Canadian Open. Although she opted to withdraw from this year’s Citi Open to tweak her serve issues, Gauff committed 42 double faults in her three matches in Montreal. These numbers garnered raised eyebrows from several tennis bigwigs, including Rennae Stubbs.
Coco Gauff admitted that she could’ve done better in this tournament. But following that initial hiccup to her North American hard-co