Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu might become a great rivalry one day but for now, they'll play a round two of the Australian Open on Wednesday.
Although it's not a race but rather the overall amount of wins that matters, the British player won a grand slam before Coco Gauff, and many were quick to hold it against Gauff who is a more experienced player. For Gauff it's mostly inspiring.
Some people might think seeing Emma win the US Open at such a young age may have made me jealous or envious. It didn't. It was inspiring more than anything else.
Gauff feels sympathy with Raducanu and the amount of pressure she felt since winning the US Open because she knows what it's like being so young and successful.
I can relate to bursting on to the scene and dealing with the pressure that follows, but I don't think that was anywhere near to the level of attention Emma received. With her being my age, I always try to reach out and when she picked up the ankle injury in Auckland I reached out to see how she was doing.
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