Venus Williams called Coco Gauff “fantastic” and also shared that she is rooting for her to “win every match” before highlighting that the 20-year-old is a great example of how dreams can become reality.
Anyone who is familiar with Gauff’s journey, knows extremely well that the world No. 3 grew up watching and idolizing the Williams sisters. And she is never shying away from having those conversations and acknowledging how much she was inspired by the two legends.
Earlier this year, one of those moments happened after the USTA dug up a photo of an eight-year-old Coco watching the seven-time Grand Slam champion against Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the 2012 US Open.
“WOWWWWWWW NO WAY SOMEONE FOUND THIS. THAT IS ME WATCHING VENUS at the US Open. didn’t even know the tv caught me in the stands. whoever found this shoutout to you ong (on God). THIS IS CRAZY. time flies. 1o1 I def was looking at the jumbotron to see if the camera was showing me lol. thank you for sharing!” Gauff wrote on her Instagram Story at the time.
Also, she reposted the picture on X and wrote: “If this isn’t proof that your dreams are closer than you think then idk what is.”
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