By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, March 13, 202
Coco Gauff insists she’s not a celebration individual.
The US Open champion celebrated her twentieth birthday right now doling out a bagel to ignite a birthday blast.
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In her finest match of the match, Gauff streaked by means of eight straight video games thrashing Elise Mertens 6-0, 6-2 to cost into the Indian Wells quarterfinals for the second straight yr.
A day that started with a birthday name from her beloved grandmother noticed Gauff drop the hammer profitable 26 of 31 first-serve factors in a 66-minute sweep.
Despite the birthday brilliance, Gauff is not planning an intensive celebration—only a quiet dinner with household and opening some presents later—as a result of she’s “not a huge party, celebration person” and since she feels there’s unfinished business within the desert.
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The third-ranked Gauff improves to 15-3 on the season and can face both Eleventh-seeded Daria Kasatkina or China’s Yue Yuan for a semifinal spot.
Typically, Gauff does not purchase herself birthday items, however clearly has her eye on the BNP Paribas Open title trophy to cap a birthday week.
“I think, obviously I want to win this tournament, I’m playing in it,” Gauff informed the media in Indian Wells. “But I will say, yeah, it’s definitely one of the tournaments I want to win at least once in my career. Hopefully it can be now. I feel pretty good about my chances.
“Obviously Miami being a house match, that might be a dream to win, as effectively.”
She’s already won a Grand Slam championship as a teenager and Gauff has major goals for her 20s.
“I suppose tennis objectives, undoubtedly to win some extra slams, and I wish to medal at this Olympics or 2028. That could be cool,” Gauff said. “Then life objectives, actually, I have not thought that far.
“Yeah, I mean, I’m not trying to do anything, I’m not trying to get married or anything (smiling). Definitely no kids. Yeah, just tennis right now and we’ll see where life takes me off the court.”
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