US EditionCoco Gauff, Aka 'The Fruit Salad Queen,' Wants a New Nickname From Her China Open Fans
Gauff won 6-4, 6-0 to start her Beijing title defense and was given affectionate nicknames by Chinese fans, including "Fruit Salad Queen," reflecting her popular snack choice.
- On Friday, Coco Gauff, French Open champion, began her Beijing title defence with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Kamilla Rakhimova and will next face Leylah Fernandez at the WTA 1000-series tournament.
- Chinese fans have dubbed Gauff with two nicknames, including Fruit Salad Queen and Ambassador of Beijing for praising the city.
- Preparing for travel, Gauff said she packed lighter this trip after packing full last year, reflecting careful preparation for tournament travel demands.
- Gauff is buoyed by fan gifts, receiving more than at any Christmas in her life, while praising Chinese fans as creative and supportive.
- Gauff challenged Chinese fans to suggest an animal-inspired nickname that shows her tenacity, saying she approves current names but prefers one fiercer and more animal-like.
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Coco Gauff, aka 'The Fruit Salad Queen,' wants a new nickname from her China Open fans
Defending champion Coco Gauff is loving her interaction with fans at the China Open but wouldn’t mind a new nickname — something ferocious if possible.
I want to study in the United States through a sports scholarship: Click here Coco Gauff, current 3rd in the WTA ranking and second best sown in the WTA 1000 of Beijing, started his participation in China with a fulminant victory over the Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, 89th in the world whom he has defeated by 6-4 and 6-0 in just an hour and 42 minutes, in a game contested in the central court before semivacia stands. The beginning offered some resi…
Apart from Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys, all the players in the Top 10 play the Beijing WTA 1000, which started this Friday for the cadors, all of them free of first round. And it went well for the majority of the best players in the world. While Iga Swiatek will be competing on Saturday, the world's number 3 and title holder Coco Gauff faced Kamilla Rakhimova (89'), and the American won on the score of 6-4, 6-0 in 1h42. Despite the arrival …
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