Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 1, 2019 Cori Gauff of the U.S. celebrates winning her first round match against Venus Williams of the U.S. REUTERS/Carl Recine
LONDON (Reuters) - When American high school student Cori Gauff began the 2019 season ranked 875 in the world, not many would have given her a second glance let alone predicted that six months later she would set Wimbledon alight.
The 15-year-old who used to think "it's weird for people to take pictures of me" had better get used to the spotlight since she was the talk of the town on Monday after beating her idol and five-times champion Venus Williams in the first round.
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