FRENCH OPEN '26: Coco Gauff has a new mindset for title defense and more confidence on her serve‎

Coco Gauff has a new approach for her second time around attempting to defend a Grand Slam title. The American's strategy heading into the French Open — the clay-court major that starts Sunday and which she won a year ago — goes something like this: Don't think about it as defending something. “I realize that the ‘defending’ means nothing in a way,” Gauff said.