They are paying the price now” – The former coach of Serena Williams criticized American tennis players for missing the Olympics in Paris.
Rennae Stubbs, Serena Williams’s former coach, talked about the American tennis players who did not participate in the Olympics in Paris. The Australian claimed that because they performed poorly in Cincinnati, some of them were “suffering the price” for their absence. Olympic competitors from Paris included Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Taylor Fritz, and Tommy Paul. Madison Keys, Frances Tiafoe, and Sebastian Korda, among others, did not participate in the quadrennial competition, though.In a recent episode of her podcast, “The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast,” Rennae Stubbs discussed the effects of missing the Olympics, stating that certain American players who did not compete were “paying the price a little bit” because they did not do well.
The performance of American tennis players at the Cincinnati Open was not very noteworthy, as only three of them advanced to the singles semifinals.Both Jessica Pegula and Frances Tiafoe advanced to the championship round of their respective singles events before falling to Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, respectively. Men’s singles player Ben Shelton advanced to the quarterfinals.Sebastian Korda was the 16th seed in Cincinnati and lost to Pablo Carreno Busta in the first round among players who did not qualify for the Olympics. Following her retirement in her opening match at the Canadian Open, Madison Keys withdrew from the WTA 1000 competition.
Ten American tennis players—five men and five women—are seeded in the singles competition at the US Open. In the women’s singles competition, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula, ranked third and sixth, respectively, are among the top 10.On August 26, Gauff will take on Varvara Gracheva, and Pegula will take on Shelby Rogers in the opening round. Madison Keys, Emma Navarro, and Danielle Collins are ranked eleventh, thirteenth, and fourteenth, respectively.The American men’s tennis player with the highest seed at the US Open is Taylor Fritz, ranked 12th. Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul are ranked 13th and 14th, respectively. Frances Tiafoe is ranked 20th, and Sebastian Korda is ranked 16th.