Coco: Winning Grand Slams Matters, Not Rankings

Tennis star Coco Gauff has disclosed that she desires to win more grand slams and not be ranked as number one.

In a chat with Roland Garros, Gauff stated that Grand Slam wins ultimately come first over the goal of being American No.1.

“Honestly, it never meant anything to me. I just feel like all the people say it online. And for me, it really means absolutely nothing. I don’t like to look at it. I don’t care. The reason it means nothing is because of the goal, obviously, is to be number one, period,” she said in an interview with Roland Garros.

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“I’ve never been a rankings girl. Really, I want to just win Grand Slams. My dad always said, ‘the number, the ranking will come with the Slams’. So I think for me, I’m looking more at winning Slams. And if I win a Slam this year and don’t become number one, I will be satisfied. I’ll be more satisfied than if I became number one and didn’t win a Slam.”

As she moves onto Miami, clay will soon be around the corner and she said that she believes she can be a Roland Garros champion one day.

“I do think I am a good player on clay. And I know that if I want to win that tournament, I have to probably beat her (Iga Swiatek), most likely.”