Before the match, the teenager, known as Coco, had told her Instagram followers: “Two of my teachers found out I played tennis after I made the main draw here.”
The high school student completed a science test during the qualifying tournament and on Monday she aced the ultimate Wimbledon test by beating a player she described as "one of the greatest of all time" in front of a captivated Court One audience. Two successive double faults from Williams handed Gauff a 3-2 advantage, and even when the teen fluffed her lines by handing back that advantage in the eighth game, she did not lose her composure.
While a magnanimous Williams declared that "the sky's the limit" for Gauff, the teenager also paid tribute to her hero.
Maybe her sister Serena Williams might get knocked out as well?
One down, one to go.
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