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‘Williams sisters are the reason I have this trophy’: Gauff
Updated On: 11 September, 2023 08:50 AM IST | New York | AFP
“It’s crazy. I mean, they’re the reason why I have this trophy today, to be honest,” Gauff said of the Williams sisters
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US Open champ Coco Gauff (left) and Aryna Sabalenka. Pics/AFP
Coco Gauff said tennis icons Serena and Venus Williams paved the way for her breakthrough US Open triumph on Saturday after the American teenager captured her first Grand Slam title. The 19-year-old from Florida battled to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Aryna Sabalenka at the Arthur Ashe Stadium—where as a child she had watched the Williams sisters dominate. He win ensured Gauff will have her name etched into tennis history alongside other Black American women to lift the title such as the Williams sisters, Althea Gibson and Sloane Stephens.
A young girl’s dream
“It’s crazy. I mean, they’re the reason why I have this trophy today, to be honest,” Gauff said of the Williams sisters. “They have allowed me to believe in this dream growing up. You know, there wasn’t too many just black tennis players dominating the sport. It was literally just them that I can remember when I was younger. “Obviously more came because of their legacy. So, it made the dream more believable. But all the things that they had to go through, they made it easier for someone like me to do this.”
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