Is 15 year old Coco Gauff our new sporting icon in the making? CocoGauff
Just over a month after her fairytale Wimbledon, Gauff’s star is continuing to rise. Last month, she claimed the women’s doubles title at the Citi Open, where she partnered with 17-year-old Catherine McNally. Now, after clinching the wildcard for the women’s singles at the US Open, the American sensation is blazing a trail in her second grand slam tournament, following her thrilling victory over Hungary’s Tímea Babos at Flushing Meadows.
Since she was 10 Gauff has been training at the Mouratoglou Academy in France: she’s coached by her dad, and is homeschooled by her mum. She may be playing at one of the biggest tennis tournaments in the world, but she’s still got to get an education – that’s why the evening before the first of her qualifying matches at Wimbledon, she was taking a science test.
Although Gauff has admitted that both of the Williams sisters have served as inspirations for her, it was Serena Williams that ultimately inspired her to play tennis., her father recalled the moment she had revealed she wanted to be a tennis champion.
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