American Women?s Tennis? Past and Present Unite as Chris Evert Joins Coco Gauff to Laud Simone Biles for a Legacy That Will Last an Eternity

Simone Biles is on Cloud 9 at the moment. The gymnastics legend won her 6th all-around title at the World Championships to create history. In the process, she became one of the most decorated gymnasts of all time, etching her name in record books. This is all the more remarkable since earlier this year, Biles made a comeback after taking a break from the sport to focus on her mental health following the Tokyo Olympics. However, less than three months after her return, the 26-year-old is again ruling the gymnastics world. Following her feat, she received special messages from the tennis world.

Biles’ performance was followed by not only her fans but also fellow players from the American sporting community, including Coco Gauff and Chris Evert from tennis. What did they have to say after seeing Biles reach for glory once again?

Coco Gauff and Chris Evert hail Simone Biles

Following Biles’ monumental feat, social media was filled with praises for the American legend. The likes of tennis stars, who remained spellbound by her performance, such as Coco Gauff and Chris Evert, also took to social media to share their reactions to Biles’ historic feat.

Gauff took to Twitter to share her reaction to Biles’ victory. She kept it simple as she reacted to ESPN’s tweet reporting the legendary gymnast’s historic achievement with a goat emoji. She indicated that she feels Biles is the greatest ever player to play on the world stage.

Chris Evert also reacted to the historic performance of Biles. One reporter’s comments made it to Twitter, where she had stated, “It is Biles? willingness to be honest about her mental health, to pick herself back up and try again even when it terrified her, that will be her greatest legacy. She hasn?t only changed her sport, she?s changed the world.”?Reacting to it, Evert said, “so true!!!”

Gauff and Biles have a good relationship and often praise each other for their amazing performances in their respective sports. In fact, there was one time that the latter even wanted Gauff to prevail over her idol and fellow tennis legend Serena Williams.

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When Biles rooted for Gauff

In 2019, Coco Gauff was nominated for the People’s Choice Awards alongside Serena Williams. Despite some star names on the list like Alex Morgan and LeBron James alongside Serena, Biles rooted for Gauff’s victory. She said, “if @CocoGauff doesn?t win this we riot.”?Gauff was thrilled to have Biles’ backing and responded by saying. “Sis I was saying the same thing about you.”

Both Biles and Gauff are enjoying massive success lately. The latter won the US Open last month, her maiden Grand Slam title. With the Paris Olympics not far away, their massive resurgence is a positive sign for both of them and fans will be looking forward to seeing them attain glory in Paris.

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