. The highest paid female athlete in the world. And a frustrated Floridian. American tennis player Coco Gauff has never been afraid to use her voice. Not when she delivered an impromptu speech at a Black Lives Matter rally at the age of 16. And not now at age 20 when she’s preparing to vote for the first time in a U.S. presidential election later this year.
Concerning that loss to Swiatek at Roland Garros in 2022, Gauff feels she has some unfinished business in Paris. Because Paris is her favorite city. The city she traveled to for the first time at age 10 when she was invited to train at the academy run by Patrick Mouratoglou, Williams' former coach. The city where she won her first junior Grand Slam title by raising the French Open girls’ trophy in 2018.
It’s not just the French Open title that the third-ranked Gauff is chasing at Roland Garros this year. She also wants gold — more than one — at the Paris Olympics. Tennis will be played at Roland Garros during the Olympics and Gauff is extra motivated, having missed the Tokyo Games after testing positive for the coronavirus. “It’s at the top of my goal board,” said Gauff, who wants to play singles, doubles and mixed doubles. “Getting a medal would mean almost as a Grand Slam.
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