Is Coco Gauff the Next Great American Tennis Star?

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🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Coco Gauff has been on the verge of greatness ever since she picked up a tennis racket at 6 years old. It was then that her father Corey shamelessly stole the Richard Williams playbook and developed a 10 year plan for his talented daughter. But now, after years of ups and downs, both professionally and mentally, Coco Gauff arrives at the 2022 U.S. Open in New York City as an 18-year-old woman full of expectations and aspirations. All of which she gladly accepts – on her own terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Alyssa Ronek, thank you for joining us.
0:02.4	Thank you for having me, Pablo.
0:03.6	This is always a treat.
0:06.0	So I'm sitting here in New York City, Alyssa, and the US Open is beginning today.
0:10.5	And everybody, as you might imagine, is buzzing about Serena Williams.
0:13.6	And really the Williams sisters, because this feels like the last chapter for Serena.
0:18.3	It might be her last tournament.
0:20.5	So I'm just curious why you decided to write this profile of Coco Gough at this moment.
0:27.0	You know, for looking at the beginning of one story and the ending of one story,
0:31.5	I mean, nothing dovetails better than the Williams sisters into what could be a long story for Coco Gough.
0:42.1	Coco is 18.
0:44.5	She's risen to the number 12 ranked player in the world.
0:48.2	She's, you know, she turned pro just just three years ago.
0:51.6	She just had her first grand slam final in singles.
0:57.8	She's going to Coco Gough is through to her first major final.
1:06.3	We felt this was a really perfect time to profile this young player who is looking at a long,
1:12.2	beautiful career and who really has modeled herself after the Williams sisters.
1:17.0	If you think about Serena's first US Open title in 1999, Coco wasn't born for five years.
1:24.8	All she has known is the Williams sisters as the most dominant force.
1:28.8	It's Serena Williams as the greatest player in her sport.
1:35.3	Yeah, it's a little startling to realize that Venus and Serena have been around for so long now
1:41.2	that there is in fact this entire generation of young tennis players like Coco Gough who have
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