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The American tennis player has revealed that she will not play doubles in Cincinnati and New York, to focus on her singles.

The WTA 1000 in Toronto was a disappointment for Coco Gauff, who came after the Paris Olympic campaign that did not give the results that the American tennis player had hoped for. Out in singles against Sofia Kenin, out in doubles together with Jessica Pegula and out in mixed doubles with Taylor Fritz. At the Canadian Open another painful defeat, this time against the young rising Russian star Diana Shnaider.

Now Coco is reflecting on her future, to regain her tennis and confidence. At the US Open she will defend the title and, as a first move, she has decided not to play the women’s doubles in Cincinnati or New York, to focus on her singles tournament, underlining that she could return to play some women’s doubles event in 2025, but that in any case it would not be a priority.

I’m not playing doubles. It’s tough going week after week on the tour, that’s why. But maybe next year I’ll play here and there. I won’t play doubles as consistently as I have in the past. The goal was just to try to be as good as I can for the Olympics and then, yeah. Every week, week after week, I get to the end of the week, if I play singles and doubles I’m usually there in the semifinals at least in one event,” she explained.

It’s certainly not an easy time for the number 2 in the WTA ranking. After the rather disappointing Paris Olympic Games, without having won a medal between singles and doubles, the American tennis player returned – as I said at the beginning of the article – immediately to the court in Canada.

The results were not up to par due to the imminent change of surface that did not allow her to adapt easily. At the press conference, Coco commented on the performance below expectations, which led to the surprise elimination.

“I knew the match was going to be tougher, even tougher knowing I wasn’t in the best shape. I had my chances but I quickly got frustrated and started making mistakes. I felt like a lot of my mistakes were on shots that I think are more my strong point, in fact I think I missed a lot of backhands. I felt the mental and physical tiredness of playing the Olympic event and coming here right after. Maybe I shouldn’t have played this tournament but I wanted to test myself. It’s not enough for me to stay in the top-10, that’s not a big goal for me. I want to win big tournaments,” she said.