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“Coco Gauff Expresses Gratitude to Serena Williams for Being a Legendary Inspiration and Supportive Figure in Her Life: ‘Serena Williams Boosted My Career'”
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Coco Gauff Expresses Gratitude to Serena Williams for Being a Legendary Inspiration and Supportive Figure in Her Life: ‘Serena Williams Boosted My Career'”
Coco Gauff is looking ahead to her first Olympics appearance while giving thanks to those who helped her get there.
The tennis superstar, 20, will compete at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris after missing the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo due to testing positive for COVID-19 days before the Games. In a letter to her 17-year-old self published Thursday, July 18, Gauff marveled at all that’s happened since.
While tennis is an individual sport, you relish the relationships with your teammates,” Gauff wrote. “You’ve been lucky enough that your on-court relationships have turned into off-court friendships. One of those notable friendships is with your idol, Serena Williams. Serena was once just a stranger printed on a poster hanging in your room, and now you still can’t believe she’s a friend and mentor.