Coco Gauff was among five Americans to reach the quarterfinals this year and four of those players—Gauff, Madison Keys, Francis Tiafoe, and Ben Shelton—are Black.
... [+]The 2023 U.S. Open may give American tennis yet another shot in the arm, furthering the surge that it’s experienced over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. On Saturday, Coco Gauff, the 19-year-old tennis star from Florida, won the women’s singles championship by topping Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on September in three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Seeing more persons of color achieve such success at this widely-watched Grand Slam event is a big deal. It could further smash away any remaining misconceptions that tennis is somehow only for the so-called “elite,” people of certain socio-demographic backgrounds. The success of Serena and Venus Williams over the past two decades has probably helped attract a greater range of people to the sport. In fact, during the U.S.
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