{"id":134047,"date":"2025-05-26T19:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134047\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T19:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T19:46:13","slug":"im-friends-with-coco-gauff-and-cried-after-gruesome-sabalenka-loss-now-im-next-us-star-making-run-at-french-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134047\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m friends with Coco Gauff and cried after ‘gruesome’ Sabalenka loss – now I’m next US star making run at French Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robin Montgomery is not leaving Paris early.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 20-year-old American, who is appearing in her first-ever French Open<\/a> main draw, secured her place in the second round by sending home-hero Diane Parry home with a 6-2, 6-1 win on Monday.<\/p>\n

\"Robin<\/a><\/p>\n

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Robin Montgomery is in the second round of the French Open<\/p>\n

Montgomery dominated during the contest, winning five of her seven break points, dropping just three games and serving down five aces in her win.<\/p>\n

It’s a victory she’ll hope she can use to elevate her status at Roland Garros as as she continues to climb up the rankings.<\/p>\n

Up next for her is Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, who recently dismantled World No.9 and fellow American Emma Navarro.<\/a><\/p>\n

The US sensation is ranked 115 in the world and made her debut five years ago as a 15-year-old at the US Open<\/a>. Since then she’s amassed over a million dollars in prize money.<\/p>\n

Montgomery is well known within the American tennis scene, catching the eye when she won the US Open junior singles title in 2021.<\/p>\n

She followed that victory up a few hours later with the junior doubles title when she and partner Ashlyn Krueger defeated Reese Brantmeier and Elvina Kalieva in three sets.<\/p>\n

It meant she became the first person to win both titles in New York since Micha\u00eblla Krajicek in 2004.<\/p>\n

Montgomery first began to make some noise on the professional tour in 2023.<\/p>\n

She was able to qualify for the Austin Open early that year and also earned her first WTA 1000 win when she defeated Ana Bogdan.<\/p>\n

In 2024, she faced her toughest challenge yet and one that she still remembers to this day. <\/p>\n

It was Aryna Sabalenka in the third round of the Miami Open.<\/p>\n

\"Robin<\/a><\/p>\n

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Robin Montgomery will play Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the second round\"Robin<\/a><\/p>\n

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Robin Montgomery spoke about how she cried after losing to Aryna SabalenkaCredit: GETTY\"She<\/a><\/p>\n

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She is friends with Coco GauffCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

It took Sabalenka two-and-a-half hours to beat Montgomery, edging her in a 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4 victory and one that demonstrated to the then-teen where her level was at.<\/p>\n

“It was a very close match, and it kind of opened my eyes a little bit of where my level is and what I can actually do,” Montgomery told Clay Tennis.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I was pretty p*****!! Knowing that I was that close and it was just a few shots here and there that cost me the match\u2026 didn\u2019t feel great.”<\/p>\n

She even admitted to crying after that loss as she described how devastating it was to come so close to winning.<\/p>\n

“I was crying! I called my childhood coach and he was like \u2018relax\u2019 and I\u2019m like \u2018no, screw this\u2019. But yeah, it was a stinger, but it does happen for a reason,” she added.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s gruesome I would say. She hits the ball very big, very hard and you have to always be ready for anything. When you play against her it sometimes feels like you\u2019re already on defense even before the point starts. It\u2019s very tough, she\u2019s a top player. The best nowadays.”<\/p>\n

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Montgomery is also friends with fellow American tennis star Coco Gauff<\/a>, saying she grew up with the 2023 US Open winner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We are friends! When we see each other at tournaments we talk, we go out to dinner, that\u2019s pretty much it, but I\u2019d say we\u2019re friends,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We grew up together, both chasing similar goals since young. I\u2019ve known her since I was 9, we had our first USTA camp together, so we\u2019ve known each other for a long time.”<\/p>\n

Montgomery will be focused on forging her own path in tennis, and this year’s French Open gives her that chance.<\/p>\n

The added bonus is that it’s on a surface she enjoys playing on.<\/p>\n

“I do have good results on clay. So I probably enjoy it and play better than most American players on clay.” Montgomery said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robin Montgomery is not leaving Paris early. The 20-year-old American, who is appearing in her first-ever French Open…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[58920,10088,4723,6740,58924,58921,58925,58926,53119,58927,58929,58919,58922,58923,58930,58918,58928,9465,79,1068,16,15,10089,5069,11911],"class_list":{"0":"post-134047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-american-french-open-players","9":"tag-american-tennis","10":"tag-australian-open","11":"tag-coco-gauff","12":"tag-coco-gauff-result","13":"tag-french-open-draw","14":"tag-french-open-results","15":"tag-french-open-start-date","16":"tag-jessica-bouzas-maneiro","17":"tag-montgomery-age","18":"tag-montgomery-bouzas-maneiro","19":"tag-montgomery-french-open","20":"tag-montgomery-next-match","21":"tag-montgomery-schedule","22":"tag-montgomery-tennis","23":"tag-robin-montgomery","24":"tag-robin-montgomery-coco-gauff","25":"tag-schedule","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-tennis","28":"tag-uk","29":"tag-united-kingdom","30":"tag-us-tennis","31":"tag-wta","32":"tag-wta-tour"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}