FRENCH OPEN '26: Coco Gauff has a new mindset for title defense and more confidence on her serve
Coco Gauff has a new approach for her second time around attempting to defend a Grand Slam title. The American's strategy heading into the French Open — the clay-court major that starts Sunday and which she won a year ago — goes something like this: Don't think about it as defending something. “I realize that the ‘defending’ means nothing in a way,” Gauff said.
Coco Gauff has a new approach for her second time around attempting to defend a Grand Slam title. The American's strategy heading into the French Open — the clay-court major that starts Sunday and which she won a year ago — goes something like this: Don't think about it as defending something. “I realize that the ‘defending’ means nothing in a way,” Gauff said.
“I don’t really look at it as defending anymore. " Gauff’s first Grand Slam title defense at the U. S.
Open two years ago ended in the fourth round with 19 double faults. “At the U. S.
Open I was like, ‘I need to defend, defend. ’ When you’re playing a tournament that you didn’t win, what is it called? ” Gauff said recently in Rome.
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