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Coco Gauff has released statements regarding her parents, who will have been moved to hear these beautiful words from their daughter.The young American tennis player reached the semifinals of the US Open by beating Jelena Ostapenko 6-0, 6-2, and now she will face Karolina Muchova to get a place in the final of the New York Slam.In the press conference after the victory, she said about her parents: “I think for me, my parents have continued to be my advocates.
You know, when you’re working with a team that you just met, well, now they know me well, but I guess in the beginning, yeah, my parents would have to explain to them what works with me, what doesn’t. They’re just really my support system.
They’re helping me remember, you know, my clothes and everything, and my dad is still sending me scouting reports for every match. But my mom is more so, you know, just being mom. My dad just being dad other than the scouting report part.
I’m still learning to speak up and say things that I don’t like and do like. Just from being coached my whole life, being young, I’ve just been used to saying yes, yes, yes, even in situations where I wanted to say no.”
