Coco Gauff Finally Reveals Why She Won’t Feature in the Star-Studded US Open Mixed Doubles Event

Coco Gauff will face Lucia Bronzetti in the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open after her third-round opponent withdrew due to injury.

Coco Gauff Finally Reveals Why She Won’t Feature in the Star-Studded US Open Mixed Doubles Event

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Coco Gauff will not feature in the new mixed doubles format at the US Open. The tournament organizers announced the star-studded entrants for the event that has attracted fans’ attention, but French Open champion and World No.2 Gauff was left out. She has finally revealed why her name was missing from the entry list.

Other WTA stars, including Iga Swiatek, Madison Keys, Elena Rybakina, Mirra Andreeva, Jessica Pegula, Aryna Sabalenka, Jasmine Paolini, and Emma Raducanu, are all set to feature in the reimagined mixed doubles at the US Open. But Gauff, who won the singles Grand Slam title in New York, was not added to the list.

The entry list also features top ATP players like Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz, Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic, and Daniil Medvedev. The new mixed doubles event will take place a week before the US Open singles draw kicks off. It will get underway on August 19 through to 20.

After Gauff defeated Xinyu Wang in straight sets in the second round of the Cincinnati Open, she was asked during her press conference why she wouldn’t feature in the US Open mixed doubles event. She revealed that during the week of the event, she will be engaged in so many off-court activities:

For me, it was just because I know the free week of the US Open is already packed for me, for sponsor things, and it was just like a whole other thing. And I’m very competitive; if I were to lose, I would not be happy. So, I didn’t want to waste mental energy on that.

She then added that another reason for not competing at the mixed doubles is that the Cincinnati Open final will be played on Monday (August 18). That leaves any player, who reaches the tournament final a short time to rest before the event and also the singles tournament:

Then on top of the sponsor stuff, the pre-week, and then knowing that this finished on Monday and potentially having to play on Tuesday. Well, you would have to play on a Tuesday. So I just knew it wasn’t going to work out for me, scheduling-wise.

However, the US Open organizers have come under huge criticism for the revamped mixed doubles event. The tournament will not feature most of the mixed doubles specialist players for the first time, with top singles players taking their place. Recently, Jessica Pegula revealed that players were not fully informed about the new format before it was announced.

Coco Gauff reached the fourth round in Cincinnati following Dayana Yastremska’s withdrawal

Coco Gauff is through to the round of 16 of the Cincinnati Open after her third-round opponent, Dayana Yastremska, withdrew from the tournament due to injury. The American star was expected to have a tough test against the Ukrainian on Tuesday (August 12), having lost their last meeting, but hours before the match Yastremska pulled out of the event.

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This now hands Gauff a smooth walkover to the fourth round. She will now face Lucia Bronzetti, who shockingly defeated former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in their third-round match. Gauff leads the Italian star 2-0 in their head-to-head record, but the last time they faced each other was at the 2024 Indian Wells tournament.

Bronzetti showed fighting spirit against Ostapenko as she came down from a set down to beat the 23rd seed 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Before that, she also stunned 15th seed Daria Kasatkina in three sets in the second round. The Italian star looks in form in Cincinnati and will be seeking a chance to beat Gauff, who has struggled since opening her North American hard-court swing at the Canadian Open.

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