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The first-time Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff won not only the title but also people’s hearts for her humility. The teenager was so delighted at winning the Slam that she almost forgot to shake the referee’s hand as she rushed to hug her parents. Gauff can be goofy, serious, a fun teenager, and also mysterious. The responsibility to carry America’s legacy in tennis forward might have made her acquire different shades of personality.

But the mysterious aura surrounding her love life is still unexplored. Gauff prefers talking about contemporary issues and tennis to her personal life, especially if it is something intimate to her, but it seems like the Grand Slam victory changed her stance.

Coco Gauff finally admits she has a boyfriend as she dives deeper

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The American defeated the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka despite multiple errors in the beginning. Though Gauff had been the favorite all along, she carried the pressure with such ease, or at least she seemed. But the secret behind it? The new Grand Slam queen spilled beans about her boyfriend for the first time after five months.

In the post-match press conference of the US Open final, Gauff said, “I just called my boyfriend, and I told him let’s talk until it’s time to go to sleep so we spoke until 1:00 a.m. and then I went to sleep. I woke up this morning. Yeah, when I lost the first set I still felt I was into the match and I said, you know, I’m going to give it my all.”

This truth bomb was so sudden that no one saw it coming. The mystery man is yet to be introduced to the world. Gauff has proven herself impeccable over the years, and even her personality, maturity, and perception of various things have changed since she became a professional player.

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But she ensured to keep the teenager in her alive. When the American is off the court, she is like any other teenager, and she proved it while talking about the mystery boyfriend for the first time.

The US Open star confessed something she did not want her boyfriend to see

In April, Gauff graced the tennis show, ‘Warm and Fuzzy,’ in which she talked about music and love. The tennis sensation listened to a music clip that made her heart skip a beat. She praised the song’s choice, prompting the host to ask her if she had an active love life. Gauff said that it looked like their story would pick up pace.

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As soon as she revealed it, the teenager blushed and wished that the mystery man had never seen her episode. But when netizens poured questions on her, Gauff snubbed the topic by stating that she just set herself up. Speculations of Gauff’s boyfriend have been doing rounds since the interview.

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Though the teen champion said her sole focus is on her career, relying on a boyfriend before the crucial match of her career speaks volumes of their bond. As the next Slam has more than 3 months to start, do you expect Gauff to reveal who the mystery man is that flattered America’s rising star?

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