{"id":341209,"date":"2025-08-13T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341209\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:09:13","slug":"america-have-a-teenager-on-the-wta-set-for-a-great-future-according-to-two-time-grand-slam-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341209\/","title":{"rendered":"America have a teenager on the WTA set for a ‘great future’, according to two-time Grand Slam champion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

American players have been enjoying themselves on the court in recent times, and that trend has continued into the Cincinnati Open.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben Shelton loved his Canadian Open performances<\/a>, which resulted in the American winning a maiden ATP Masters 1000 title.<\/p>\n

His compatriot Taylor Fritz reached the semifinals in Toronto, while both players are looking strong once more at the Cincinnati Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shelton and Fritz also occupy places within the ATP top 10, although they are currently being overshadowed by their WTA<\/a> counterparts.<\/p>\n

Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys and Amanda Anisimova are all within the WTA top 10 as Cincinnati progresses.<\/p>\n

\"FrenchPhoto by Tim Clayton\/Getty ImagesBarbora Krejcikova tips American teenager for a \u2018great future\u2019 after Cincinnati Open match<\/p>\n

Moreover, American women have dominated the Grand Slams this season, with Keys winning the Australian Open and Gauff winning the French Open.<\/p>\n

But two-time Grand Slam champion Barbora Krejcikova<\/a> has now highlighted the presence of another American ace on the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Barbora Krejcikova names the toughest player she has ever faced at Wimbledon<\/a><\/p>\n

She said of Iva Jovic: \u201cI wish I played like her when I was 17. I feel like she\u2019s [going to have] a great future ahead of her. I\u2019m really happy I found my way through.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments come following Krejcikova\u2019s win over Jovic at the Cincinnati Open, after which she told her: \u201cGood match. Keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who is WTA number 88 Iva Jovic?<\/p>\n

Such words of motivation may be few, but they will likely go a long way for Jovic, who can hold her head high despite the defeat.<\/p>\n

Krejcikova, who won the French Open and Wimbledon in 2021 and 2024 respectively, won their round of 32 match 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Jessica Pegula shares when she\u2019s considering retiring from tennis and says Coco Gauff was \u2018mad\u2019 when she heard<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IvaPhoto by Daniel Kopatsch\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Czech star hasn\u2019t, of course, been limited to Grand Slam singles success, boasting a stunning seven Grand Slam doubles titles.<\/p>\n

Her voice therefore carries plenty of respect, which certainly bodes well for Jovic, who will turn 18 later this year.<\/p>\n\nRank<\/strong><\/td>\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nAge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2<\/td>\nCoco Gauff<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4<\/td>\nJessica Pegula<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6<\/td>\nMadison Keys<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n8<\/td>\nAmanda Anisimova<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n11<\/td>\nEmma Navarro<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n29<\/td>\nSofia Kenin<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n32<\/td>\nMccartney Kessler<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n35<\/td>\nAshlyn Krueger<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n51<\/td>\nHailey Baptiste<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n53<\/td>\nPeyton Stearns<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Top-ranked American WTA players<\/p>\n

The American recently rose three places to 88th in the WTA rankings, just one spot off last month\u2019s career high.<\/p>\n

She has yet to win a WTA Tour title, but has managed to reach at least the first round of all four Grand Slams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American players have been enjoying themselves on the court in recent times, and that trend has continued into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[84620,107663,121510,79,1068,16,15,5069],"class_list":{"0":"post-341209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-barbora-krejcikova","9":"tag-cincinnati-open","10":"tag-iva-jovic","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115021621944139973","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341209","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=341209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}