Gauff Explains Why She Took CPR Class After 'Unfortunate' Incident
WTASaturday, 05 August 2023 at 15:00
Updated at Monday, 28 April 2025 at 14:11
Coco Gauff took a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) class, and she urged everyone to do so in order to be prepared to react if something unfortunate happened.
Gauff revealed that she took a CPR class after her most recent victory at the Citi Open. The American, who recently started working with Brad Gilbert, enjoyed the experience.
It's not hard, nor does it take long, but it could make a huge difference for someone. Gauff confessed that she experienced such situation and didn't know what to do, which is why she made the decision to attend the class.
"Yeah, it was something I wanted to do, and also I had something similar happen, not to someone that I know, but it happened to -- I was practicing, and a guy unfortunately had, like, cardiac arrest, and he ended up didn't making it, yeah. And my dad had to do CPR on him."
"So, yeah, and we couldn't find the AD. I had no clue how to work an AD, but my dad did, because, you know, he took the class. After that moment, this happened, like, three years ago, I just never did it. Then, you know, obviously everything that happened with my doubles partner's mom, Jess, yeah, her sister took that class before."
Being prepared is something Gauff understands means a lot, as she's an athlete and they need to properly prepare for every match in order not to get injured.
"I was, like, okay, I need to do it. It took 90 minutes but I learned so much. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do nuttin' today, but if it came to that point, you know, at least I learned that. I had no clue what an AD was or no clue what CPR was, literally nothing. At least I felt a little more prepped in that moment."
"Also, I have little cousin kids. So easy for them to choke and stuff. I was, like, let me just learn that, because I don't want to be in that moment, like I should have took that class. It took me 90 minutes. I had nothing else to do."
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