SHE was just 15 years old when she reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament. She became the youngest player ranked in the top 100 in the Women’s Tennis Association. And she was the youngest finalist in 20 years in the French Open.
Yet there were still doubts about Coco Gauff.
Her critics questioned whether she’d live up to her potential and if she really was the prodigy she appeared to be.
But now she’s shown definitively that she’s a rising star to watch, generating the kind of hype last seen with a young Serena Williams’ early
