Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula had the best season of their careers as they were successful in both singles and doubles.
Therefore, they also qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals in both disciplines and with the stage set in Fort Worth, the Americans were looking to put on a show. However, both Gauff and Pegula lost in all six matches that they played and the season ended in a disaster for them.
However, despite a bitter ending, it can be still described as a major success as they are both ranked in Top 7 of the WTA Rankings in both singles and doubles.
Yet, to make sure that they can avoid similar disappointment at the year-end event as this year, hall-of-fame reporter Steve Flink, who spoke on a recent episode of the Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis podcast, said:
"If you play that much singles and doubles, can you really keep up that pace? Are you not going to make yourself vulnerable to injuries in the years ahead? That's something that players that are that good in singles and doubles, as Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff are, have to think about and the priority has to be singles," Flink said.
"It may mean cutting back on some of the doubles and maybe slightly reshaping their singles schedules. You can't go on and play that many matches year in and year out without having something go wrong with your body," he concluded.
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