If 2019 featured the Wimbledon of Coco, this is the Summer of Coco.
. Former NFL All-Pro Rob Gronkowski and pop star Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey, have also taken in Gauff's matches this tournament.
"Honestly, I wish I embraced the fun parts a little bit sooner," she said."The structure — not just the [WTA] Tour, but sports in general, especially individual sports — you don't have the one teammate that is always making jokes or the one teammate that messes up at the wrong moment you can laugh at, and now I feel like I'm being all of those types of teammates for myself, and I'm enjoying it.
Gauff is becoming a young woman in front of our eyes, with the poise she was lauded for years ago at Wimbledon now mixed with an element of fun, as well as the clarity of purpose to use her platform for far more than just extolling the virtues of a sport she began playing as a little girl and the opponents she faces.the first Black student
"I think she's the sole — or one of the main reasons — why I use my platform the way that I do and why I feel so comfortable speaking out," Gauff said Tuesday of her grandmother."She had to deal with a lot of things, like racial injustice. Her leading the way she [does] and being so kind to everyone, regardless of their background, is something I take inspiration from.
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