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.

After a singles loss and social media drama earlier in the week, Coco Gauff did all her talking on court in the United Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday.

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

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

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.

World No. 4 Coco Gauff needed four match points to earn the victory over World No. 2 Iga Swiatek in the United Cup semifinals. Gauff picked up her fourth straight win over Swiatek, and forced a mixed doubles decider in the United States-Poland semifinal tie.

World No. 4 Coco Gauff says she is practising the best she ever has in her career and is heading into the Australian Open with the confidence that she can beat anyone in the world.

The 2026 Australian Open schedule is officially set, with qualifying matches beginning in early January and the main draw kicking off later in the month. Fans around the world will be watching to see when top stars like Coco Gauff and Jannik Sinner take to the court as the first Grand Slam of the tennis season gets underway in Melbourne Park.