Gauff will likely be hoping so as to add extra silverware to her assortment on the event which sees her within the Chetumal Group the place she's going to face Ons Jabeur, Marketa Vondrousova and Iga Swiatek. In one of the crucial attention-grabbing matchups, Gauff will play Swiatek for the tenth time in her profession - having solely defeated the Polish three-time French Open winner as soon as on the semifinal in Cincinnati this 12 months.

The American will go into the event stuffed with confidence, which is one thing that Allaster is concerned about watching develop.

"I am looking forward to seeing how Coco performs with, you know, a greater spotlight on her," she added. "She's had a spotlight on her for a long time. This is a marathon, it's not a sprint. We have seen her resilience."