Teenager Gauff handed dream Wimbledon debut against Venus


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 29 Jun 2019

LONDON (Reuters) - Fifteen-year-old American Cori 'Coco' Gauff's dream came true on Friday when she was drawn to play idol and five-time champion Venus Williams in the Wimbledon first round.

The day before, a few miles away at the sprawling Roehampton complex, Gauff had become the youngest player to survive three rounds of qualifying in the professional era.

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