Recently, the 59-time Grand Slam champion, Martina Navratilova, showed immense confidence in the 19-year-old American tennis player. In addition, she also made a huge statement regarding her positioning in the US Open this year.

The 66-year-old tennis legend, who has seen the ups and downs of the WTA, can clearly analyze tennis players and the different situations on the tennis court. In a recent interview, Martina said that as the US Open has started; she has fairly picked the WTA player who she believes can claim the title this year.

Martina Navratilova bets on Coco Gauff?

Seven years after winning her 16th US Open, she picked Coco Gauff as her potential successor at Flushing Meadows in 2023. Every now and then, Coco Gauff has been working on making her form better with every tournament coming up.

After having a glorifying summer with victories and displaying amazing tennis, she is now displaying her best at the US Open. Despite her efforts, she may have discovered the most compelling motivation to perform even better than before.

In an interview on Sky Sports, Martina said, “She has fixed up her forehand and is using her strengths more. Her movement, her backhand, and her serve are strong. It?s great to see her play so well. Coco is still so young, but she has been around for five years now, and the expectations were so high from the start.”?

Along with that, she also highlighted how the 7th-ranked tennis player has won two out of three tournaments and displayed amazing improvement in her tennis skills. Along with that, she also highlighted how the expectations for her even during Wimbledon were quite high, but her first-round withdrawal somewhere disappointed a lot of her fans.

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Well, this is not the first time the 59-time Grand Slam champion has talked highly of the 19-year-old tennis player. Last year, after the French Open, she applauded the 2023 Citi Open winner for her amazing performance.

When Navratilova praised Coco Gauff?

Last year, when the 19-year-old became the youngest woman to reach a major final since Sharapova did in 2004 at Wimbledon, she received a pat on the back from the Czech-American former tennis legend. Navratilova took to her Twitter account and wrote an encouraging message for the 2022 French Open finalist.

She called the 19-year-old ‘Bravo’ in every way possible for his amazing tennis skills on the court. Now that she is ready to take on Flushing Meadows, she might impress the Czech-American former tennis player with her right to talk over different topics.

What is your take on the bold prediction made by the 66-year-old tennis legend? Write down your thoughts in the comment section below.

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