However, the world number two was unable to continue this at her next major tournament, with Gauff losing in the first round of Wimbledon<\/a> to Dayana Yastresmska.<\/p>\n It has still been a very strong start to the season for American women, with Madison Keys also winning the Australian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now Gauff\u2019s<\/a> former doubles partner has revealed how she felt watching her compatriot\u2019s succeed while she was competing in lower level tournaments.<\/p>\n Gauff has been a big name on the tennis circuit since the age of 15, where she beat Venus Williams<\/a> in a breakthrough run to the fourth round of Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, her first official win on the WTA Tour<\/a> came at the Miami Open<\/a>, where Gauff would beat Caty McNally<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Gauff and McNally were also doubles partners at the time, before the former went on to become one of the top players on the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n McNally\u2019s career has gone in a very different trajectory to Gauff\u2019s, having fallen outside the top 1000 in the WTA rankings last year after undergoing elbow surgery.<\/p>\n Despite this, she does not appear to hold any bitterness towards her compatriots, and McNally told Tennis Channel that she has actually been inspired by the likes of Gauff, Keys<\/a> and Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been extremely inspiring,\u201d said McNally. \u201cMadi won Australia, Coco won the French, Amanda being in the finals of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it just shows the depth of US tennis and those are just three of the many, many girls who are in the top 100 or top 50.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is just so many girls that are so good from the States. So I think if I had to say one word it would just be inspiring. For me it\u2019s just continue to put your head down, keep working and I think eventually my time will come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n McNally has made an impressive comeback from surgery, highlighted by her victory at the WTA 125 tournament in Newport, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n She was also the only player to take a set off Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek<\/a>, and has now risen back up to world number 135 in the WTA rankings.<\/p>\n Why do Coco Gauff and Caty McNally not play together anymore?<\/p>\n Gauff and McNally won five titles together, including winning the junior edition of Roland Garros<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n They also reached the senior final of the US Open women\u2019s doubles event in 2021, just losing out to Sam Stosur<\/a> and Shuai Zhang.<\/p>\n YearTitle Gauff and McNally won together2018Junior Roland Garros2019Washington Open2019Luxembourg Open2021Charleston International2021Emilia-Romagna Open<\/p>\n The last time that Gauff and McNally competed at a WTA Tour event together was the 2022 Miami Open<\/a>, where they reached the semifinals.<\/p>\n It was unclear as to why the pair decided to go separate ways, but McNally confirmed later that year that there was no bad blood between her and Gauff.<\/p>\n \u201cCoco and I, yeah, like we are not playing right now, as everyone has probably seen, but we still have a great friendship,\u201d McNally said in August 2022. \u201cI still consider her one of my best friends on tour. We still support each other through the ups and downs.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Coco](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2218571436-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Tnani Badreddine\/DeFodi Images\/DeFodi via Getty ImagesCaty McNally explains how she felt watching Coco Gauff win Roland Garros<\/p>\n