Sudden Attention From Zendaya and Samuel L. Jackson Leaves Coco Gauff ‘Freaking Out’ as She Reveals Surreal Moment

Coco Gauff stunned Venus Williams and global tennis as a fifteen-year-old with her victory over the tennis legend in the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. But the weight of the expectations probably was too much for her teenage shoulders. She hasn’t been able to win a grand slam so far. But that can’t steal her tennis stardom, and she is keeping her hopes high for Wimbledon. As she is preparing for the grass championships, she recently sat down for an interview and talked about the attention she’s been getting from Hollywood. Despite being a star herself, the 20-year-old still gets star-struck.

Her performance this year has been almost like the rest of her career, full of ups and downs. She lost to Iga Swiatek in the French Open 2023 quarterfinals. However, she did reach the finals and the semifinals in doubles of the Italian Open and the French Open, respectively. But apart from her tennis career, Coco Gauff talked recently about how she feels being seen by her favorite Hollywood stars.

Coco Gauff on how it feels to have the eyes of Hollywood on her

Coco Gauff recently expressed her fascination at getting the attention of the Hollywood stars. She said, in an interview with SkySports, “I’ve been able to enjoy it a lot. It’s still very surreal to me. Certain aspects and certain people and our celebrities kind of know who I am.” Further, she added, “I mean, you know, Zendaya is doing a tennis movie, and she follows me and I was like freaking out. And Samuel L. Jackson obviously.”

Earlier this month, the American actor Samuel L. Jackson had congratulated Coco Gauff on her victory over Mirra Andreeva in the French Open. He had congratulated the American star with these words, “Dope display today! Big Up.” And Coco Gauff had responded with a fist bump emojis.

Also, the Hollywood actress Zendaya worked in a tennis movie Challengers that will release on September 15. It belongs to the sports-comedy-drama genre and Zendaya needed to follow the players to understand the game. But the Hollywood attention is not the only reason for her jubilation these days. She expressed her joy over Wimbledon doing away with its white only uniform policy.

Gauff on Wimbledon relaxing the uniform rules

In the same interview, the American tennis star expressed her satisfaction with Wimbledon relaxing its uniform rules. Organizers did it after the criticism of former tennis legend Billie Jean King and coach Judy Murray.

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Wimbledon made it mandatory to wear the white uniforms in 2014. However, in November, it relaxed the rules. Coco Gauff revealed that it was stressful for her to play during her periods at Wimbledon, as reported by Sky Sports. She said it was the first thing she would check while going to the bathroom and was always in the back of her mind.

In this Wimbledon, Coco Gauff would try to better her Wimbledon performance in the past few years. And of course, she will be in the full glare of several Hollywood celebrities.

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