EXCLUSIVE: Robin Montgomery on Her Single Mom’s Influence, Coco Gauff & Life on Tour

Robin Montgomery’s mother wanted a tired child. She had a hyperactive five-year-old in Washington, D.C., so she put her in tennis to burn off the energy. Now, 17 years later, that same child is a WTA champion and a Grand Slam finalist who credits her mother before she talks about anything else. In conversation with EssentiallySports at the ongoing WTA 250 Chennai Open, the 22-year-old American opened up about growing up in a home run by women. “So yes, I was raised by a single mother,” Montgomery stated in the press conference.