Coco Gauff world number one in doubles after Toronto win

• Teenager Coco Gauff will turn into the new world number one.
• Women’s copies when the rankings are delivered on Monday.
• Title succeed at the Canadian Open with American Jessica Pegula.

Coco Gauff will climb from 6th to dislodge Elise Mertens from the highest point of rankings, on the rear of the triumph.

Over Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the last of the U.S. Open warm-up competition.

The 18-year-old is the second most youthful player to top the women’s duplicates rankings after Martina Hingis, matured 17 when she accomplished the accomplishment in 1998.

Gauff said becoming world number one in duplicates was “pretty cool” regardless of whether she was unable to guarantee it was a youth dream.

“As a kid, I’m going to be honest with you, I didn’t even know there was separate rankings for singles and doubles,” she told reporters in Toronto.

“But when I got on tour and when I realized I could do well in doubles … I wanted to. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be number one in anything?”

Gauff and Pegula, who arrived at the last at the French Open this year, affirmed that they would join together until the end of the time where their timetables permitted.

That incorporates not long from now at the U.S. Open, where they will be hoping to turn into the primary all-American group to bring home the women’s pairs championship at Flushing Meadows since Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in 2011.

Aug 15 (Reuters) – Teenager Coco Gauff will become the new world number one in women’s doubles when the rankings are released on Monday after her weekend title win at the Canadian Open with fellow American Jessica Pegula.

Gauff will move up from sixth to displace Elise Mertens from the top of rankings, on the back of the victory, over Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final of the U.S. Open warm-up tournament.

The 18-year-old is the second youngest player to top the women’s doubles rankings after Martina Hingis, aged 17 when she achieved the feat in 1998.

Gauff said becoming world number one in doubles was “pretty cool” even if she could not claim it was a childhood dream.

“As a kid, I’m going to be honest with you, I didn’t even know there was separate rankings for singles and doubles,” she told reporters in Toronto.

“But when I got on tour and when I realised I could do well in doubles … I wanted to. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be number one in anything?”

Gauff and Pegula, who reached the final at the French Open this year, confirmed that they would pair up for the rest of the season where their schedules allowed.

That includes later this month at the U.S. Open, where they will be looking to become the first all-American team to win the women’s doubles title at Flushing Meadows since Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in 2011.

“That would be pretty cool. We were close at French Open,” said Gauff, who lost in the U.S. Open last with Caty McNally last year.

“But I don’t want to put any pressure on ourselves. I think we play the best when we just take it one match at a time and one point at a time.”

A quarter-last misfortune because of possible boss Simona Halep in Toronto implies Gauff will drop down the singles rankings from her vocation elevated place of eleventh later on Monday.

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