Coco Gauff pulled off the big upset at the Australian Open yesterday when she defeated Naomi Osaka. We started cheering for her last year at Wimboldon and we're going to keep cheering. She's easy to love. She's 15!
Gauff certainly has the genes for it. She comes from a family filled with terrific athletes and coaches.
Her mother was a track and heptathlon star. Her father and uncle excelled at college basketball.
If we go back one more generation, we discover another remarkable teenager. Another 15 year old star. For it was Gauff's grandmother, Yvonne Lee, who was chosen in September 1961 -- all by herself -- to integrate Seacrest High School in Florida. "I wasn't nervous. I wasn't scared," she says.
The genes for confidence and courage are strong in this beautiful American family.
Thank you Chuck Culpepper for writing about this in the Washington Post.
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