Jimmy’s words stuck with Coco forever.
The 19-year-old tennis prodigy also treasured the familial relationship between the athletes. “Him and my mom spoke for a long time when he was here. …He was like, yeah, he can really see the joy in me again in playing and enjoying the competition, and that I should continue to do that,” Gauff said. “I learned a lot watching him, everybody counting him out. … You have people that are talented and don’t have the mentality. He has the talent and the mentality.
When the Miami heat went to the NBA Playoffs, Gauff was sad to not be in attendance. “I said: ‘I won’t be here. I’ll be in Madrid and then Rome and then France,’” Gauff told reporters. “And then he said: ‘OK, when we make the Finals, let me know if your family wants some tickets.’ So this was before [the Heat] were even in the playoffs.
“But I remember screenshotting it and sending it to my family and I was, like: ‘Oh, we’re going to the Finals!’” On why it stuck with her, she added, “I just really like that mentality of him.”‘s footsteps, Gauff told People that there’s “a little bit less pressure in a way because she is the greatest player of all time.” However, she’s “not trying to fulfill those footsteps whatsoever. But obviously I do want to be the best version of myself and be the best that I can be.
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