Coco Gauff had a wonderful campaign at the clay courts. She not only reached the finals in Madrid and Rome but also managed to secure her second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. With that incredible comeback victory against Aryna Sabalenka, she also became the first American woman to win the French Open since her “idol,” Serena Williams, in 2015. However, the French Open is a past thing now, and all she now wants is to shift her focus to the grass swing. Talking about her upcoming mission on Nice Talk with Nikki Ogunnaike podcast, she said, “I think I can give myself the best shot [of winning Wimbledon] by trying to keep the moment [winning the French Open] as minimized as possible. I’m kind of trying to forget the Roland Garros win, honestly.” Gauff wants to stay hungry! She has failed to go past the fourth round at Wimbledon, and last year she was knocked out by her compatriot, Emma Navarro (in R16). However, just days before the Wimbledon Championships, Gauff was seen sharing banter with Navarro.

Both Gauff and Navarro are in Berlin at the moment. However, recently, Emma Navarro’s campaign at the Grass Court Championships, Berlin, came to an end at the hands of Paula Badosa in the R16. While Coco Gauff is all set to start her campaign against China’s Xinyu Wang. But before that, the Berlin Tennis Open shared a very interesting video clip on IG with the caption, “@cocogauff is slaying the day & @emma_navarro48 is slaying the night!” In that video clip, Coco Gauff was spotted revealing Navarro’s bizarre habit. What’s it?

In that clip, Navarro was heard saying, “Coco Slaying the Day.” After hearing this, Coco Gauff replied, “I have not seen that, but peri, Emma. I’m slaying the day and she slays the day too. Actually, more so the night. Because she be sleeping for like 12 hours apparently a night. In Olympics, she had like a little watch that tells her that she needs to sleep like at least I think 11 hours, something like that.” Coco Gauff has faced Emma Navarro thrice in her career so far, with Gauff leading the H2H record with a 2-1 margin. But despite having a fair bit of on-court rivalry, both of them share a very close bond off the court.

Last year, before their meeting at Wimbledon, Coco Gauff spoke about her relationship with Emma Navarro. “She’s great. I have known her since I was young, basically since I started playing tennis. We are very friendly with each other, I wouldn’t say we are close friends, because we grew up but then we kind of split as we went to college.” Later on, she also revealed how excited she was to be with her on the same team, representing the nation at the Paris Olympics.

Similarly, even Emma Navarro spoke about her compatriot before their fourth-round meeting at the 2024 US Open. She said, “Yeah, I have a ton of respect for her. It was really cool to be able to spend time together and grow our relationship [at the Olympics]. Yeah, it’s cool to have a friend on tour.”

Coming back to their tennis, well, although both Gauff and Navarro have won one title each this season, their trajectory has been a bit different recently. How?

Coco Gauff oozes with confidence ahead of Wimbledon, but Navarro’s recent struggle is a major concern

Although Emma Navarro won the Merida Open Akron title earlier this year, her recent form has been a big worry for her fans. At the French Open, she was defeated by the number 60, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, by 0-6,1-6. With that defeat, it was also the third time in the last 40 years of Roland Garros history that a Top 10 WTA player managed to win just one game. Reacting to that shocking result, John McEnroe said, “I turned the TV on at my hotel before I came over here and I saw the score 6-0, 5-1 and thought Navarro is cruising and then I’m like wait a minute. Is she down 6-0, 5-1? What the hell just happened? It is very surprising. Normally, she is very consistent…” It was one of “the most shocking” results for him at the French Open this year.

Although after that, she managed to reach the QF of the HSBC Championships, her journey was cut short by Amanda Anisimova. Then came her R16 exit from the Grass Court Championships in Berlin! Navarro has a win-loss record of just 18-14 this season, so far.

On the other hand, Coco Gauff has a win-loss record of 31-8 in 2025. What really makes Gauff different from others, though? Perhaps her ability to win matches, despite having played an ‘ugly’ brand of tennis! Well, Andy Roddick has always been a big admirer of Coco Gauff. Recently, he highlighted, “Here’s the thing. Like, we always talk about if she plays a round of 16 or a quarter-final and even the final against Sabalenka, and everyone’s talking about how they didn’t play that well, and you know, maybe Coco didn’t play that well and it wasn’t…Sorry, making the other person play badly is absolutely a skill. And we always kind of refer to it as a negative. She is the best in the world at kind of dragging you into this game with her…”

Roddick believes Coco Gauff is extremely good at taking advantage of the situation, and he also thinks that she must be given enough credit for successfully implementing this strategy time and again. But what about her chances at Wimbledon this year? Can Gauff find a similar success? Well, here, the tennis legend has a different opinion. According to Roddick, Gauff might struggle a bit on grass with her current technique. In her five appearances at Wimbledon, she has a win-loss record of 11-5. Do you think she can reach farther than the fourth round this year?