Like Naomi Osaka, American tennis sensation Coco Gauff has also raised awareness of the mental health of athletes as a major social issue. Judy Murray, the mother of Andy Murray, has specific expressions for both of them to highlight this concern.
Judy was recently a part of a roundtable discussion concerning sports representation. Murray used tennis players like Osaka, Gauff, and Jabeur as examples during that show.
She expressed her thoughts in the show and said: “If I look at Coco and Naomi Osaka, they’re both young women who’ve spoken out and used their voices really well, whether it’s Black Lives Matter, whether it’s mental health, pressures of being in the public eye and so forth.”
Judy added: “I think that’s one of the things that we have to do on the female side, is to encourage women and girls to speak up, because you wouldn’t get any change if you don’t talk about it.”
Gauff has captured everyone’s interest on the court with her performances. She has, however, made a strong public statement opposing social issues off the court.
Coco Gauff in 2023
LWWWWLWWLW Ranked world no.3 (career-high), the American played her last match on the 7th of October when she capitulated to world no.2 Iga Swiatek 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Beijing (draw).
Presently, during this year Coco has achieved a 49-14 match record. The American conquered 4 titles in 2023 in Auckland, Washington, Cincinnati and U.S. Open.
Naomi Osaka in 2023
Now ranked no.661, the Japanese played her last match on the 20th of September 2022 when she had to retire when playing against world no.202 Daria Gavrilova in the 1st round and the scoreline was 1-0 .
During this season the Japanese has achieved a composed 14-9 record.
Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka faced off 4 times. Their record is 2-2. Previously, the last time they locked horns, Coco Gauff won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in San Jose (Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic) in August 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieEIn8PpLA
