NEW YORK—Coco Gauff glanced up at one of the 35-foot-wide video boards high atop Arthur Ashe Stadium during a US Open match last week and caught a glimpse of celebrity couple Justin and Hailey Bieber. “I saw them immediately on the jumbotron. I don’t know if the camera saw me looking up,” said Gauff, who…
“I saw them immediately on the jumbotron. I don’t know if the camera saw me looking up,” said Gauff, who reached the semifinals in New York for the first time on Tuesday. “I hoped if I lost the match, they weren’t going to blame it on that.”
“Some of them have a passion for tennis. Some of them want to see a specific player,” US Tennis Association spokesman Chris Widmaier said. “Frances Tiafoe brings people that want to see him. Coco Gauff, for sure. Novak Djokovic, too. No disrespect to any of them, but Roger Federer and Serena Williams were at a different level. When it comes to famous people wanting to watch famous people play, no one comes close to those two.
“If we know somebody’s in town — maybe they’re shooting a movie, maybe they’re shooting a television series, maybe they’re here for the — and we have a relationship with the person who handles them,” Widmaier said, “we might say, ‘Hey, by the way, if so-and-so is interested, we’d love to host them if their schedule permits.’”Tiafoe, a 25-year-old from Maryland on Tuesday’s quarterfinal schedule, arranged for rapper Pusha T to be at one of his matches this year.
Yes, the celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, politics and other sports are a hit with the players — especially if they can connect after a match.
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