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It's Super Bowl Sunday in the United States, and sports fans are placing their bets before the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Arizona tonight.

World No. 6 Coco Gauff has a big-game prediction too, but it has nothing to do with the action on the field. Her line-up is all about Rihanna, the event's highly-anticipated Halftime Show headliner.

The American player took to TikTok to share her dream setlist—complete with her own vocal renditions of the singer's biggest hits:

“I’m telling you right now, I think I got it. I do think the first song is going to be 'Please Don’t Stop The Music'—but the first the sound or lyric we’re going to here is from 'B... Better Have My Money,' Gauff explained, citing two of Rihanna's signature singles.

“It’s gonna go like this: It’s gonna be pitch black, silent, and all we’re going to hear is, 'Don’t act like you forgot,'" she added, referencing a line in the latter song's chorus. "It's going to be that, because we haven’t seen Rihanna perform in I don’t know how long."

Gauff makes a good point, as Rihanna's Super Bowl show will indeed be her first live performance in over five years. The Barbadian singer welcomed a baby boy with boyfriend A$AP Rocky last May, and had previously boycotted the Super Bowl in solidarity with Colin Kapernick.

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“I’m telling you all, that’s what’s gonna happen," Gauff said. "And if I’m wrong then I’m gonna delete this video, but I’m not going to be wrong. So when I’m right, y’all better run me my money like Rihanna said!”

The 18-year-old will be tuning into the Super Bowl from Doha, where she is the No. 4 seed at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, a WTA 500 event. She's also the top seed in the doubles competition, renewing her partnership with countrywoman Jessica Pegula.