‘Would Pick a Marine Biologist or Sports Psychologist’ – Coco Gauff Explores Her Alternate Career Choices
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The 18-year-old US tennis star Coco Gauff, who is currently in the fourth round of the French Open, is enjoying great success on clay courts. Today, she defeated the Estonian tennis player Kaia Kanepi dominantly to reach back-to-back fourth-round appearances at the Roland Garros.
Meanwhile, after the match, she talked about an interesting thing about not calling tennis her job. Also, she mentioned about some alternate career options if she hadn’t become a tennis player.
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Coco Gauff talks about not viewing tennis as her job
After the third-round victory at the French Open, Gauff had a fun interview where she talked about her love for tennis. Also, she talked about the possibility of becoming a Marine Biologist if she had decided to not pursue tennis as a career.
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“Yeah, I think it doesn’t feel like a job because I don’t know when I think a job at least like in USA they get 9 to 5 and people are dreading to go to work and I don’t dread to do what I do. You know, obviously, there are people in the world that love their jobs and there’s a lot of that don’t like their jobs. I’m lucky that my job is something I love to do, so I don’t view it as a job,” Gauff explained about not calling tennis her job.
🎾 After her #RG22 3rd round win v Kaia Kanepi, Coco Gauff joked that playing tennis didn’t feel like a proper job, so I asked her why she thought that – and if she had to get a “proper job” what would it be and why?@CocoGauff at @rolandgarros on @LiveSportsFM #RolandGarros🎾 pic.twitter.com/FAC8FUBzpZ
— Jonathan Pinfield 🎾 (@tweetsbyjp) May 27, 2022
Then, she further talked about having alternate careers, as she said, “When I was younger, I just want to be a Marine Biologist and as I gotten older I realized how much score I need to do. So, I kind of scratched that out. But yeah, I would say I would pick a Marine Biologist or Sports Psychologist, but both of those fields kind of take a lot of years in college and I’m not committed to that.”
It is worth noting that Gauff is still not playing full-time on the WTA tour, as she is only eighteen years old. Her father-cum-coach, Corey Gauff, is grooming her gradually for possibly a longer career.
Gauff had an emphatic win in the third round at the French Open 2022
Meanwhile, Coco Gauff is dominating on the red soil in Paris, as she won three of her matches without dropping a single set. Not only in singles, but she also won two of her matches, partnering with Jessica Pegula.
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18 years old
18th seed🇺🇸 @CocoGauff reaches the Round of 16 at #RolandGarros for the second straight year with her win over Kanepi! pic.twitter.com/ZDnr5ci5wc
— wta (@WTA) May 27, 2022
In the next round of her singles match, she will take on the Belgian tennis player, Elise Mertens. Notably, she reached the quarter-final last year at the French Open, which was still her best result in a Grand Slam event.
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Edited by:
Ajinkya Aswale