Ahead of Coco Gauff’s first-ever semi-final at Wimbledon against Karolina Muchova on Thursday, former World No. 1 Andy Roddick gave the American a boost of confidence, stating that she has every reason to believe she can win the tournament.
Gauff sealed a spot in the semifinals after securing a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Jessica Pegula on Tuesday. Ahead of her semifinal match, Roddick analyzed the 22-year-old’s performance, praising her overall performance and highlighting how she handled the match against Pegula in the latest episode of his podcast, ‘Andy Roddick’s Served Media.’ Exuding confidence in Gauff, he added that there is every reason for her to think that she can win the tournament.
“She’s getting better in real time. Like it’s amazing. She’s kind of knocking down that forehand and charging forward sometimes, which is valuable. Even if she gets passed, that’s valuable because the person has to think about the threat of what she’s doing. And it’s just it’s amazingly fun to see. Listen, there’s no reason she’s got a big record, five or one or six and one against Muchova. Like she’s got to think she can win this tournament. She’s got to think she can win this tournament.”
Coco Gauff began her Wimbledon run on June 29 with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Tamara Korpatsch. She also prevailed over players, including Solana Sierra, Belinda Bencic, and more, to advance to the semifinals.
Coco Gauff opened up about if Wimbledon is a part of her destiny
In the post-match press conference following her quarterfinal win over Jessica Pegula at Wimbledon, Coco Gauff was asked whether she believed Wimbledon was a part of her destiny. Responding to this, she said that she believes in God and hopes the tournament was a part of her journey. Admitting that she really wants to see her name on the champions’ wall, she said:
“I mean I’m a believer in God and everything. So I do feel like in a way like the story is like already written. But is Wimbledon part of my story? I don’t know. I can’t tell you. But I do think there is some matches that I play where I feel like it was a bit destiny. I mean one of them was like my final of US Open. Like I still don’t remember the match. Like I feel like I genuinely like blacked out during that match and I can only remember like one point really clearly and it wasn’t even a match point,” said Coco Gauff.
She added:
“So I definitely think that there’s moments where I play and it’s like no matter what is going to happen today, I’m going to win. But do I feel like I’m like is do I feel like Wimbledon is part of my destiny? If you asked me like seven days ago, apparently the answer would have been no. I would just been like, yeah, honestly, I was like writing it off a little bit. But I hope it is part of my destiny whether it’s this year or in the future. I definitely would love to see my name on the champions wall for sure.”
Coco Gauff has won two Grand Slam titles so far, including her first singles title at the 2023 US Open and her second at the 2025 French Open.
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