
She might only be 15 years old, but Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff has already made it to the last 16 stage of Wimbledon. The young American already became a sensation after her stunning first round win over five-time champion Venus Williams, which she then followed up second round win over Magdalena Rybarikova. Gauff, who came into the famous tournament with a wildcard from qualifying, faced easily her stiffest test yet against Polona Hercog on Friday. The Slovenian world number 60 took the match to young Gauff, forcing the starlet to battle back from the brink with two match points. Gauff survived
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