Coco Gauff picks Serena Williams vs. Nick Kyrgios duel as her Roman empire pushing for a WTA vs. ATP challenge

Coco Gauff will take part in the Dubai Tennis Championship next.

Coco Gauff picks Serena Williams vs. Nick Kyrgios duel as her Roman empire pushing for a WTA vs. ATP challenge

Coco Gauff, Serena Williams (Images via Imago)

The NBA All-Star weekend saw Stephen Curry take on Sabrina Ionescu in a very unique and groundbreaking 3-point NBA Challenge.

The fact that the best 3-point shooters from the NBA and the WNBA faced off against each other on such a massive platform is exemplary for other sports as well. And interestingly enough, American tennis player Coco Gauff wants something similar in tennis as well. 

As per the young talent herself, she would love to see Serena Williams and Nick Kyrgios go head-to-head in a serve-target challenge and Ons Jabeur take on Carlos Alcaraz in a drop-shot challenge. 

Serve targets. I would have loved to see somebody maybe like Serena and Nick go toe to toe in that serve challenge. There's also the dropshot. Ons and Carlos would be a cool matchup against that.
She said. (Source: France 24)

That’s not all; the youngster is of the opinion that man-versus-woman matches like these should continue because they humble a lot of men who underestimate women. 

I just hope they continue to do this. It just humbles a lot of men in the world. I really like that.
Continuing further, she added
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Talking about the faceoff between Curry and Ionescu, the Golden State Warriors point guard won 29-26. However, Sabrina Ionescu deserves much praise because the shots were taken from the NBA three-point line, which is farther away from the WNBA’s three-point line. The New York Liberty guard played well even outside of her comfort zone. 

Coco Gauff opens up about her early exit from the 2024 Qatar Open 

Coco Gauff suffered an unexpected loss recently against Kateřina Siniaková in the very first round of the 2024 Qatar Open. Before that, she lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal of the 2024 Australian Open in straight sets.

Coco Gauff opens up about coming to Qatar after winning the doubles last time in the Qatar Open, says she spent a lot of money last night.
Coco Gauff (image via: UTSA)

Ahead of her first match in the Dubai Tennis Championship, Coco said that she is not thinking about her loss at the Qatar Open much and is focused on the upcoming tournament. 

It was just a bad day at the office. I'm not going to let it define how the rest of this week will go.
Gauff said

Coco Gauff will face Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the first round of the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championship. She is the third seed in the tournament, after Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka. 

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