Coco Gauff was emotionally overcome as she heard Rafael Nadal’s farewell address at the 2024 French Open, just like the entire tennis community. Considering the likelihood that this would be his final match, the 22-time Grand Slam champion proudly left the court. On the matter, the 20-year-old recently revealed that he saw the Spaniard walking out without feeling any emotional distress.
The young American player is prepared to go on after overcoming Julia Avdeeva in the event’s opening round, but she was also devastated to see Nadal say goodbye to Roland Garros. She went on to say that it was not an easy time for her, having witnessed the 37-year-old tennis player dominate the court.
Gauff expressed her feelings about it in a recent interview and said: “I think, well for me, if I didn’t have to play, I would have probably been there. I saw Serena’s one of her last matches and then, uh, the goal was to see Rafa’s but they put me in at the same time. I was watching it like in the press room but like in an office and we were watching the speech. Luckily, he didn’t cry. I think if he had cried, I would have cried. I was getting a little bit emotional because it’s like literally all I’ve ever known my whole life is him winning here.”
Gauff at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2024
Now the world no.3 (career-high), Gauff has a composed 26-8 record in 2024. Gauff is currently competing at the French Open where she overcame the world no.208 Julia Avdeeva 6-1 6-1.
Coco Gauff will take on the world no.131 Tamara Zidansek in the 2nd round. They have never competed against each other till now in top events.
Gauff has won 1 title in 2024 in Auckland.
Coco won 7 titles in her career: 5 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Rafael Nadal in 2024
Now the world no.275, the Spaniard played his last match on the 27th of May when he was defeated by world no.4 Alexander Zverev 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round of the French Open (draw).
At present, during this year Nadal has managed to achieve a compiled 7-5 win-loss record.
Nadal is scheduled to compete next at the Wimbledon (Wimbledon). He will start from the main draw that will commence on the 1st of July.
Coco Gauff and Rafael Nadal |
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