"Last stop before US Open" - Coco Gauff on arriving in Cincinnati ahead of Western & Southern Open

Coco Gauff has arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, for her next tournament - the 2023 Western and Southern Open.

Gauff just finished her campaign at the Canadian Open, where she lost to Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals. She is now back in America to play her last tournament before the US Open.

Coco Gauff took to social media to announce her arrival in Cincinnati. The 19-year-old is in the middle of a successful US Open series, and will be hoping to continue that run in Cincinnati and then New York.

"Last stop before US Open," Gauff wrote in an Instagram story.

Gauff on Instagram

Coco Gauff is seeded No. 7 at this year's Western and Southern Open, and has received a bye in the first round. She will face either Egyptian Mayar Sherif or a qualifier in the second round.

While one more tournament will precede the US Open, the WTA 250 Tennis in the Land in Cleveland, Gauff will not be participating in it.

This isn't the first time the American is competing at the Western and Southern Open. Last year, she was seeded No. 11 and played Marie Bouzkova in the first round. However, she was forced to retire midway at 5-7, 0-1.

Coco Gauff won her biggest career title at the 2023 Citi Open

Coco Gauff at the Citi Open

Coco Gauff has been playing some great tennis in 2023, claiming two titles, including the biggest of her career at the WTA 500 Citi Open in August. Gauff, seeded No. 3, received a bye in the first round and bettered fellow American Hailey Baptiste in the second round, No. 6 seed Belinda Bencic in the quarterfinal, and No. 8 seed and defending champion Liudmila Samsonova in the semifinal.

Gauff didn't drop a single set in Washington as she trounced No. 4 seed Maria Sakkari in the final 6-2, 6-3. This was Gauff's fourth career title; she also won the 2023 Auckland Open in January, the Parma Open in 2021, and the Linz Open in 2019. All three of those were 250-level events.

Gauff last played at the Canadian Open in Montreal, where she was seeded sixth. She bettered Katie Boulter in the second round 6-2, 6-2, after a bye in the first round.

The World No. 7 then defeated reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, seeded No. 9, in the third round 6-3, 6-0. However, her run was stopped by Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, as she lost 6-2, 5-7, 7-5.

Pegula has reached the final, where she will face either Elena Rybakina or Liudmila Samsonova.

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