“I will win French Open 2025,” she scribbled. Then she kept writing, “I will win French Open 2025.” Line after line, eight in total, until the page surrendered to her ink. It was a ritual borrowed from Gabby Thomas, the American sprinter who, during the Paris Olympics, carved intentions into her Notes app each morning. But for Coco Gauff , the script turned cruel. Paris glory morphed into Paris gloom, grass betrayed her in back-to-back first-round exits, Wimbledon carved heartbreak, and the North American hard-court swing offered no semifinal solace. Now, with the US Open looming, even American tennis voices deliver a grim, foreboding verdict on the young champion’s fate.

Coco Gauff’s serving demons roared again under the Mason lights Friday, coughing up 16 double faults in a

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