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The 2024 season came out as a surprise for the tennis world, bringing unexpected feats on different grounds. Besides the ones still preparing to lift titles, Coco Gauff started hitting the marks already as she gained a massive victory in Auckland. Parallel to the day when the young American won her first title of the year, American actress Storm Reid shared the spotlight as she won an Emmy award.

Coco Gauff and Storm Reid started the year on a high, winning big at their own respective professions. But how are these two victories connected? Coco Gauff’s Instagram has an answer to that.

Coco Gauff compliments Strom Reid for a parallel victory

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In a recent turn of events, rising tennis star Coco Gauff and renowned actress Storm Reid achieved remarkable victories that turned out to be parallel as well. Coco Gauff secured her first tour win of 2024 in Auckland, proving to fans that the confidence she walked in with was real. On the other channel, the talented Storm Reid was handed an Emmy Award, for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series, because of her famous performance in ‘The Last of Us’.

Both events found a connection as Coco Gauff expressed her excitement with the help of an Instagram story. Along with a picture of Storm Reid holding the award that she recently won, Gauff wrote a caption that said, “We both won on the same day! I love it.”

The Instagram story worked two ways as the 19-year-old champion expressed her admiration for the compatriot actress along with sharing her excitement about her own massive victory.

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Gauff’s existing admiration for Storm Reid

While the rising star Coco Gauff congratulated Storm Reid for her latest achievement, it reminded fans of her long carried admiration for the Hollywood star. As both personalities share the same hometown, they were seen together on Gauff’s Instagram feed earlier this year as well.

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Gathered together to grace the development of a park in Atlanta, the stars notified fans about their meet-up through an Instagram post. As the 19-year-old tennis star captioned her story with Reid as “The nicest person,” she gave out her strong admiration for the compatriot.

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As the world witnessed a great head start for Gauff, fans now eagerly wait to see how she performs at the upcoming grand slam event. Whom do you support?

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