‘I have no words’ – Coco Gauff becomes world doubles No. 1 after Canadian Open title ahead of US Open

Coco Gauff is continuing her hugely impressive progress after being named as world doubles No. 1 following her Canadian Open title. Gauff won the WTA 1000 title in Toronto alongside fellow Jessica Pegula, beating American-Australian duo Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez, 6-4 6-7(5) 10-5 on Sunday.

Ad After the victory, Gauff said in quotes published by tennis365.com: “Being No. 1 is pretty cool. I have no words.

I didn’t really know it was coming this week and what I had to do. But [Pegula] told me. Tennis'She's a legend!' — Nadal hails Williams ahead of her imminent retirementAN HOUR AGO “As a kid, I’m going to be honest with you, I didn’t even know there was separate rankings for singles and doubles.

But when I got on tour and when I realised I could do well in doubles, yes I wanted to get there. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be No. 1 in anything?” The 18-year-old has made outstanding progress since bursting onto the scene as a 15-year-old at Wimbledon in 2019, but her achievements in the doubles discipline arguably usurps her accomplishments as a singles player.

Aside from reaching the 2021 US Open and 2022 French Open finals as a player, Gauff won two doubles WTA 1000 events this year in both Canada and in Qatar, also making it to a semi-final in Miami and the quarter-finals at Indian Wells and Madrid. ‘It’s always special’ — Murray named in Great Britain squad for Davis Cup return 'I’m exhausted' — Halep wins first WTA title with coach Mouratoglou Gauff becomes the 46th player to reach No. 1 in the women’s doubles rankings, and the 11th player to achieve this feat.