U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff is about to steer the U.S. tennis crew on the upcoming Paris Olympics, making her debut within the Games after lacking the Tokyo version because of a bout of COVID-19.
Gauff, presently ranked No. 2 on this planet, shall be joined by fellow prime gamers Jessica Pegula (ranked fifth), Danielle Collins, and Emma Navarro within the girls’s singles class, as introduced by the U.S. Tennis Association on Thursday.
On the boys’s facet, world No. 12 Taylor Fritz will lead the singles squad, supported by Tommy Paul, Christopher Eubanks, and Marcos Giron.
Olympic tennis begins on July 27 at Roland Garros, the place Gauff fell to world No. 1 and eventual champion Iga Swiatek within the French Open semi-finals this month.
Gauff, the runner-up to Swiatek within the 2022 French Open, additionally reached the semifinals on the Australian Open this yr.
The 20-year-old may also compete in girls’s doubles, teaming up with Pegula on the identical Roland Garros courts the place they claimed the French Open doubles crown – their fifth doubles title as a crew.
Gauff had been slated to compete within the Tokyo Games on the age of 17 however examined constructive for COVID-19 days earlier than the Olympics, forcing her to overlook out on “a dream come true.”
Kathy Rinaldi will coach the U.S. girls’s Olympic crew, which may also see Collins crew up with Desirae Krawczyk in doubles.
The males’s crew shall be coached by 2012 Olympic doubles gold medalist Bob Bryan. Fritz and Paul will crew up in doubles, with the U.S. additionally represented by Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek.
The combined doubles crew shall be chosen from the certified gamers and introduced at a later date.
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