BBC Sport · Apr 16, 2020
Coco Gauff says she had depression a year before stunning Wimbledon run
Coco Gauff reached the last 16 at Wimbledon in 2019, losing to eventual champion Simona HalepCoco Gauff says she had depression because of the "pressure that she needed to do well" little more than a year before she stunned the tennis world at Wimbledon in 2019.
American Gauff, then 15, reached the last 16 at the All England Club, most notably defeating five-time champion Venus Williams in the first round.
But she says she struggled with a "dark mindset" for a year around 2017-18.
"I was struggling to figure out if this was really what I wanted," Gauff said.