Coco Gauff grew up admiring the Williams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket as a little girl because of them. And on July 1 at Wimbledon, still just 15, Gauff beat one of them.
Gauff, already the youngest competitor ever to qualify at the All England Club in the professional era, showed the poise and power of a much older, much more experienced player, pulling off a 6-4, 6-4 victory in the first round over Venus Williams, who at 39 was the oldest woman in the field.
