During her presence at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, Serena Williams took a moment to share her joy at watching Coco Gauff carry the American national team’s flag.
This week American tennis player Gauff accompanied NBA superstar LeBron James in carrying the US Olympic team’s banner during the ceremony. The 20-year-old Gauff acknowledged being shocked to hear the news and said she couldn’t believe she would get to fly her country’s flag beside one of the sportsmen she looked up to the most.
Williams was also present to see it all, even while Gauff was enjoying her unique moment.
Williams said when asked about Gauff: “It’s amazing. Isn’t that great? I’m so excited to see her tonight. I’m just so happy for her. Oh god, I love it.”
WAVE YOUR FLAG, COCO! 🇺🇸
LOOK: USA Flagbearer Coco Gauff shared snippets of her attempts at waving the US flag during the #Paris2024 Olympics opening ceremony.
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Coco Gauff in 2024
WWLWWLWWWW At the moment ranked no.2 (career-high), Coco played her last match on the 28th of July when she defeated world no.123 Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-0 in the 1st round in Paris (draw).
This season the American owns a 36-11 win-loss record. The American clinched 1 title in Auckland.
Coco Gauff will come up against the world no.264 Sinja Kraus in the . They have never competed against each other till now in top tournaments.
The American has won 1 title in 2024 in Auckland.
Coco won 7 titles in her career: 5 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
