Angel Reese despatched a easy message of assist to Coco Gauff after the French Open champion admitted she has been blown away by latest consideration.
The American tennis star beat world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in Paris final weekend to safe the second Grand Slam of her younger profession.
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Gauff received 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-4 in a rollercoaster last at Roland Garros, and has since been on a press tour in New York to debate her success.
Throughout her go to to the Huge Apple, the 21-year-old stopped by Barclays Middle to observe the WNBA champion New York Liberty play the Chicago Sky.
Gauff, who netted a formidable $2.84million for her French Open win, has since admitted she was not anticipating such a heat welcome on the enviornment.
“I am simply wrapping up a two-day press tour that I did in New York, and I simply got here from the Liberty recreation,” she mentioned, in a video shared on social media.
“They introduced that I used to be there, and the entire enviornment was cheering for me, which I wasn’t anticipating. Simply because it is not my sport, you already know, I am at a basketball recreation.
“And it simply made me notice how many individuals see me. That is loopy.
“I actually admire you guys. Each congratulations, each ‘we love you’, each ‘we assist you’, each ‘I used to be rooting for you’ — it actually means loads to me.
“I do know in interviews typically I attempt to maintain the feelings again and proper now I am making an attempt to do it. I am feeling the tears coming nevertheless it simply it means loads.”
WNBA star Reese, who broke a document in Chicago’s 85-66 loss to New York on Tuesday, noticed Gauff’s message and responded with a four-word assertion.
“WE LOVE YOU CO,” she wrote, in a remark part that was flooded with assist.
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The recently-crowned champion then replied to Reese: “We love you, queen.”
After her triumph on the French Open, Gauff additionally found a little-known rule as she departed Paris.
The Suzanne-Lenglen cup — which has been awarded to the ladies’s singles champion since 1979 — truly has to stay at Roland Garros.
As an alternative of boarding her jet again to america with the precise trophy, Gauff was given a miniature duplicate to commemorate her victory on the match.
“That is the trophy that you simply guys see, the one which we take footage with, do press with and all that,” the American advised her TikTok followers, gesturing to an image of her holding the cup.
“However, truly, we don’t get to take this dwelling. This stays with the match.”
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She then confirmed off her duplicate to the digital camera.
Gauff continued: “That is the one we take dwelling. It’s like a mini duplicate of the trophy. I suppose to match it, it’s actually small.
“However, it is the recollections that matter essentially the most.”
That video caught the attention of tennis icon Andy Murray, who urged the match organisers to supply higher prizes to gamers.
“Absolutely the tennis majors can do a greater job with the duplicate trophies!?” he wrote on social media
“They’re tiny.”