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By Ronda Racha Penrice ·Updated September 11, 2023
Nineteen-year-old Coco Gauff’s triumphant run winning her very first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open is, as many have noted, reminiscent of seventeen-year-old Serena Williams’ successful 1999 US Open one for her first Grand Slam win. As Gauff has consistently reminded us, she is here because of Serena, who is her idol. And she is not alone. For over two decades, Serena
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