Cori Gauff has always stated that Venus and Serena Williams have greatly inspired her tennis career and beyond. Coco and Serena are living a completely different moment in their career. While the American teenager is rising fast and on the edge of breaking into the top 10, it’s no secret that at 40 years of age, Serena will not be around on the main tour for long.
After being out of competition for one year, Serena Williams announced that she would be back for the grass season, competing in Eastbourne and Wimbledon.
Coco Gauff is currently playing in Berlin where she reached the quarter-final. When asked to comment about Serena’s comeback, she said:
“I was really shocked. I didn’t know. I knew she was gonna come back. I know she hinted at Wimbledon. Coming back from injury, especially at her age, nothing is really certain. I’m super excited and glad that she’s back.
Realistically it may be one of the few last times that we get to see her play professionally.”
Gauff in Berlin, ranking, and results in 2022
WLWLWWLWWW Ranked no.13 (career-high), Cori has managed to achieve a 22-11 match record in 2022. The American is now having a run in Berlin where she beat Ann Li 6-2 7-62 and Xinyu Wang 6-0 6-4.
Cori Gauff will come up against the world no.7 Karolina Pliskova in the quarter on Friday at 3:00 pm on Steffi Graf Stadion. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Pliskova.
Gauff got to the final at the French Open.
Serena Williams in 2022
At the moment ranked no.276, Serena Williams played her last match on the 29th of June 2021 when she had to retire when playing against world no.38 Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1st round and the scoreline was 3-3 .
This season Serena achieved an overall 0-0 record.
Cori Gauff and Serena Williams have never fought against each other.
