Kobe Bryant has nothing but adulation for Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka
by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times
Aug 30, 2019
3 minutes
NEW YORK - Kobe Bryant, a successful entrepreneur and enthusiastic tennis player in his post-Lakers life, has co-authored a young adult fantasy novel called "Legacy and the Queen," about a 12-year-old girl whose passion for tennis inspires her to discover her inner strength. Coco Gauff, 15, and Naomi Osaka, the defending U.S. Open champion at 21, are living that story on the very real courts of Flushing Meadows.
In an intriguing plot twist, Osaka and Gauff won their respective
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