Coco Gauff has made a very fine start to her 2026 season, having really impressed for the USA at the United Cup. The USA lost their United Cup semifinal with Poland, but Gauff emerged victorious from her singles clash with Iga Swiatek.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/onsi/serve as Iga Swiatek Gives Coco Gauff Frosty Handshake After Loss. The United Cup has delivered plenty of thrilling tennis for the week of the new season. One of the highlights came last night when Coco Gauff defeated Iga Swiatek in straight sets: 6-4, 6-2.

Coco Gauff has issued a clarification for her comments calling out U.S. tennis fans for being “the worst” at supporting American players overseas.

American tennis star Coco Gauff is not happy with the support from US fans during matches overseas. Following a match against Argentina in the United Cup, Gauff addressed the lack of support. Gauff had just pulled double duty to help the United States score the 2-1 win,

Coco calls out US tennis fans as being ‘the worst’ at supporting US players overseas “I feel like we’re definitely, in tennis, the worst. I’ve always said I wish our country in other places would show up throughout the world as we see smaller countries support” 🎥: 🎾 Australia pic.twitter.com/PfrQyTGa2N

Carlos Alcaraz and Coco Gauff are arguably the two biggest stars that tennis has to offer. And, luckily for the sport, they are both only just getting started.