Coco Gauff Says Serena Williams and Venus Williams Helped People That Looked Like Her to Make a Name in Tennis

Venus and Serena Williams changed the landscape of tennis from the moment they stepped onto the court. Combined, the two have won forty-four Grand Slam titles, including singles and doubles. The two are undefeated in doubles finals. With such domineering performances, millions worldwide have taken inspiration from the sisters. One such player is Coco Gauff. Gauff, who defeated Venus in her Wimbledon debut, recently talked about how the Williams sisters inspired her to model her game after theirs.

Coco Gauff jumped into the limelight when she defeated Venus Williams at the age of 15. Gauff won in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4 and shocked the world. She repeated the feat in the 2020 Australian Open with a score of 7-6(5), 6-3.

Coco Gauff on the impact of the Williams sisters

Coco Guaff recently appeared in an interview on the YouTube channel ‘HER WAY’. Gauff discussed how the Williams sisters encourage her in terms of tennis. She considers both her idols and has looked up to them since she started playing.

As per Gauff, the way they perform on the court is highly inspirational. One cannot say that either one of them will lose the match, whatever the score may be. She further added that watching someone like her playing at such a high level and dominating helped her feel as though she could do the same.

“I think, just honestly, the way they compete on the court. Um, they, you, there’s never a match where you can say like she’s out of it no matter the score and obviously what they stand for off the court seeing somebody that looked like me playing tennis, and, and this sport just really inspired me and just a domination,” Gauff said in the interview.

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Gauff also said that the way they took command of the game made her mold certain aspects of her game after theirs. “The way Serena and Venus have both dominated the game and changed the game, and I tried my best to model certain aspects of my game off of theirs.“

Gauff on the sudden attention after overcoming Venus

In the same interview, the host also asked Gauff about how she handled all the attention she got after defeating Venus Williams.

Gauff said that she believes that she handled it well and that she would try her best to stay on the course in that regard.