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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2020 18:35:21 GMT
Coco! Fifteen-year-old American tennis sensation Coco Gauff wrote another chapter in her already stacked young career by ousting defending champion Naomi Osaka in the third round of the Australian Open. Gauff won 6-3, 6-4 in a 67-minute match against the third-seeded Osaka at Rod Laver Arena. Their first meeting was at the U.S. Open a few months ago in New York where Gauff won only three games and landed 45 percent of her serves. This time around, the 67th-ranked player landed 75 percent with what Osaka called an improved serve and won 76 percent of those points. Gauff had 17 unforced errors to Osaka’s 30. The younger player remained composed to win and couldn’t believe it afterward. She’s the youngest woman to beat a top-five opponent since Jennifer Capriati did it in 1991, per ATP.
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Post by Admin on Jun 4, 2020 21:34:53 GMT
Coco Gauff, the 16-year-old, emerging star of tennis, continues to show a strong political consciousness in her social-media activity. http://instagram.com/p/CA_h1Irg89X When Roger Federer posted a black square on his Instagram feed, in support of protesters in the United States, Gauff replied with a more detailed list of practical ways in which people might be able to help the cause. The list of options – which had been compiled by the Black Lives Matter movement – included “Sign petitions”, “Text or call”, “Donate” and “More resources for protesters”. At the top of the post, a message encouraged readers: “Educate yourself [because] this doesn’t go away once the topic isn’t ‘trending.” Along with her friend and rival Naomi Osaka, Gauff has been one of the most outspoken players on the subject of America’s recent race riots. http://instagram.com/p/CA72y-dgFKf Both women appeared in a video fronted by Frances Tiafoe with the slogan “Racquets Down, Hands Up”. Released at the weekend, it featured black players, commentators and administrators making a stand against racial inequality, including Serena Williams, Gaël Monfils and British No2 Heather Watson. All of the “Big Three” men posted the same image on Tuesday: a black square, which Novak Djokovic supplemented with the hashtag #BlackoutTuesday. Yet some questioned why none of them had made any comments in their own words, or even simply posted a link to the Tiafoe video.
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