4 WINNING AT WIMBLEDON Coco Gauff serves the ball at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships Coco Gauff swung her tennis racket Thwack She sent the ball zooming over the net at more than 110 miles 177 km per hour Venus Williams stood on the other side of the court The two players exchanged shots
FACTS AT A GLANCE Date of Birth March 13 2004 Position tennis player League Women's Tennis Association WTA Professional Highlights trains at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France beat Venus Williams at Wimbledon in 2019 and at the Australian Open in 2020 won the Linz Open in 2019 Personal Highlights has two younger brothers Cody and Cameron played several sports as a young kid loves music and funny YouTube videos 5
Coco returns a shot to Venus Williams Then Coco hit the ball deep driving Williams back Williams swung but she couldn't hit the ball over the net Coco had just won a set against one of her heroes Coco and Williams were playing at the 2019 Wimbledon tennis tournament Coco was 15 years old and Williams was 39 Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles and four Olympic gold medals She's one of the greatest tennis players ever and Coco has always looked up to her But at Wimbledon Coco wanted to take Williams down Coco took a 5-4 lead in the second set She served the ball 108 miles 174 km per hour toward Williams 6
After a few shots Williams hit the ball into the net Coco won the match She dropped her racket and covered her face with her hands out of joy and awe The two players shook hands at the net Coco thanked Williams for inspiring her Williams told the younger player that she was proud of her and wished her luck Coco won two more matches at Wimbledon Then she lost to Simona Halep 6–3 6–3 Coco's amazing success at such a young age proved that she was a rising tennis superstar Coco celebrates after beating Venus Williams 7
