PARIS — Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the US Olympic team at Friday's (Saturday in Manila) opening ceremony.
PARIS — Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the US Olympic team at Friday's opening ceremony. Gauff , the reigning US Open champion, is set to make her Olympic debut at the Paris Games and will be the first tennis athlete to carry the US flag. She and James were chosen by Team USA athletes.'I mean, for me, the Olympics is a top priority. I would say equal to the Grand Slams. I wouldn't put it above or below, just because I've never played before.
Now Gauff, who is based in Florida, is a Grand Slam title winner in singles and doubles. She won her first major championship in New York in September, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the singles final of the US Open, then added her first Grand Slam doubles trophy at the French Open this June alongside Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.The same clay courts at Roland Garros used for the French Open will be where matches are going to be held for the Paris Olympics.
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