American tennis star Coco Gauff made a hilarious error where she confused tennis legend Sue Barker with Star Wars' Wookiee warrior Chewbacca.
I’ve worked with the best of the best.’ In an official statement via the BBC, she said: ‘What a wonderful time I’ve had working on some of the biggest sporting events around the world. before the realisation hit.
WIMBLEDON legend Sue Barker is stepping down from hosting coverage of the tennis competition after this year and the BBC were collecting farewell messages.
“I will miss it terribly but after 30 years I feel the time is right for me. “She is a consummate professional, an outstanding presenter and a wonderful colleague, loved by current and former players, all of us at the BBC and audiences across the UK and beyond.” “Sue Barker! You know Sue,” the interviewer confirmed.
A star-struck Gauff repaid the 22-time major champ's compliments after her second-round victory over Mihaela Buzarnescu.
Even sometimes when she's not playing that well, she keeps fighting till the end, running for every ball.” Nadal and Gauff both made it to the very end of Roland Garros earlier this month, with Nadal extending his Open Era advantage over Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer while Gauff roared into her first major final. She fights for every ball.
RAFAEL NADAL and Coco Gauff were full of praise for one another after winning at Wimbledon on Thursday.
I like her the way that she talks to the crowd, to the press at the end of the matches. I remember responding so late, he was already down the hallway, and I said, Thank you, because I was so shocked he actually said that to me. The two-time title winner responded with her own bold GOAT claim as she said: “It means a lot to me. “The only thing that she doesn't win a slam yet. After touching on the Brit’s “tough year”, he turned his attention to the 18-year-old and claimed that she wasn’t far off becoming a multi-Grand Slam champion. Coco Gauff has claimed that Rafael Nadal is the “greatest” player of the sport right now after the 22-time Grand Slam champion said the young American would also become a multiple Major title winner.
After he progressed to the third round of Wimbledon 2022, Rafael Nadal was all praise for 18-year-old tennis sensation Coco Gauff calling her a future ...
After the match, Coco Gauff in a post match media interaction heaped praise on the Spanish tennis legend, saying that he intimidates him even now. After he progressed to the third round of Wimbledon 2022, Rafael Nadal was all praise for 18-year-old tennis sensation Coco Gauff calling her a future multi-time Grand Slam winner. Ricardas Berankisto reach the third round of the competition.
London: American Coco Gauff made jaws drop as she launched a 122mph (196.34kmph) rocket and 124mph effort across the net in the Wimbledon second round on ...
Petra Kvitova and Elena Rybakina were the second fastest servers of the competition so far with 119mph. One of the most fearsome servers in the sport, the 18-year-old Roland-Garros finalist unleashed a 121mph serve in the prior round against Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse. She followed that with the 124mph stunner in the second set, before closing out the match 6-2, 6-3 to set up a third-round clash with compatriot Amanda Anisimova.
Coco Gauff is a huge admirer of Rafael Nadal and she confirmed this at Wimbledon when asked about his Roland Garros triumph. Admiring Rafael Nadal as a ...
Coco Gauff also spoke about how Nadal is her favourite person in the tennis world. Witnessing a workout of his is an unforgettable experience because the intensity he puts into all his shots is incredible. He is an impressive competitor, a great person and a magnificent representative of this sport."
Elena Rybakina vs Qinwen Zheng · Barboa Krejcikova vs Ajla Tomljanovic · Simona Halep vs Magdalena Frech · Amanda Anisimova vs Coco Gauff.
Gauff has the better serve and variety and Anisimovq has more power off the ground. Halep will probably prove too strong in the end though to come through when it counts. Tomljanovic has continued her recent excellent record at Wimbledon and I think that she is in a good place to come through this match. The 2019 champion has cleared two difficult hurdles to start, beating Karolina Muchova and sending Kirsten Flipkens to singles retirement. I think that the greater experience will pay off in the end for the Kazakh. Zheng is very dangerous too though and in a way this two similar games up against each other.
Coco Gauff continued her rich vein of form in the second round, breezing past Mihaela Buzarnescu in straight sets. She'll battle it out against World No.
The World No. 25 outlasted the 28-year-old 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and secured a place in the Round of 32 for the first time in her career. She'll battle it out against World No. 25 Amanda Anisimova for a place in the fourth round at Wimbledon. She breezed past Yue Yuan in the first round and showed grit and determination to complete a sensational comeback against Lauren Davis after losing the first set.
Coco Gauff has never lost in the first week of Wimbledon. The 18-year-old puts her streak on the line Saturday against big-hitting Amanda Anisimova.
This was Boulter’s second win over Pliskova (the first and second against a Top 10 player in her career) in two weeks. She was ranked No.875 at the end of 2018, in retrospect perhaps more of a function of the rules that limit the number of tournaments for those players aged 14-17. When the No.20-seeded Anisimova bested fellow American Lauren Davis 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round, it was her 27th match win of the season, against only nine losses. After that signature semifinal in Paris three years ago, Anisimova failed to get past the third round of the next seven majors. Perhaps the greatest was coming to terms with the death of her father, Konstantin, her longtime coach. It seemed to be a reasonable scenario that seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams would face off against 2021 Wimbledon finalist Karolina Pliskova in a third-round match. They are separated by only 18 points in the rankings. On Thursday, Kvitova was a 6-1, 7-6 (5) winner over Ann Bogdan, while Badosa defeated Irina Bara 6-3, 6-2. The pre-pandemic 2020 Australian Open featured another fourth-round berth – and victories over Venus Williams and defending champion Naomi Osaka. Her ranking at year’s end was No.48. In 2021, she broke into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, followed that up with another fourth-round at Wimbledon and finished at No.22. After he reached the third round Thursday, Rafael Nadal, the 22-time Grand Slam champion, praised Gauff’s tenacity in a press conference. Less than a month ago, she played in the final at Roland Garros. Of the 32 players who survived their first two matches here, China’s Zheng Qinwen and Diane Parry of France – both 19 – are the only other players in their zip code.