Jessica Pegula has planned to retire around the age of 35. But Coco Gauff is against this decision as she would rather want her compatriot to play at least till the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Both Gauff and Pegula are in Cincinnati and have reached the third round. The 21-year-old defeated Wang Xinyu to set up a clash with Dayana Yastremska. It was the Ukrainian who ended her run in the first round of this year’s Wimbledon. Pegula beat Kimberly Birrell and will face Magda Linette next. During an interview with the Tennis Insider Club podcast, Pegula made her feelings known on her retirement plans. I think I was talking to Coco, and she was like, ‘You can play until LA!’. She was mad at me because I was like maybe a couple more years, and she was like, ‘If you’re going to play two more years, you might as well play another year for the LA Olympics. WTA players often struggle to play their best on a consistent basis after having kids. Pegula admires those women, but she doesn’t want to walk in their footsteps. If she has a kid, she would hang up her racket. And if she wants to hang up her racket a couple of years later, Gauff wouldn’t let that happen. She was like, ‘You can’t retire before then! This was like a year before, and I was like four years, that’s a long time. I will be 34. What are you talking about? She was like, ‘You can just stay top 20, with the way you hit the ball, you will be fine. I am not letting you retire before the LA Olympics, especially if I’m qualified!’ Jessica Pegula added Pegula holds a 3-0 head-to-head lead over her third-round opponent Linette, last meeting her in the second round of this year’s Indian Wells. Gauff has won three of her four matches against Yastremska, and the upcoming match will be their third clash this season after the Madrid Open second round and the Wimbledon first round. Coco Gauff relives her victory over Venus Williams Coco Gauff was 15 when she hogged the limelight for the first time by beating none other than her idol Venus Williams in the first round of the 2019 Wimbledon. It was her first appearance at Wimbledon, and her run ended not before the fourth round. At a press conference in Cincinnati, Gauff recalled that memorable moment of her career.