Tennis star Gauff demands change amid protests over Floyd death


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 05 Jun 2020

FILE PHOTO: Peoples Choice Awards - Arrivals - Santa Monica, California, U.S., November 10, 2019 - Coco Gauff. REUTERS/Monica Almeida/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American teenage tennis prodigy Coco Gauff appeared at a protest in her hometown of Delray Beach, Florida, on Wednesday, calling for racial and social justice after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed in police custody in the U.S.

"I was eight years old when Trayvon Martin was killed. So why am I here at 16 still demanding change?" said Gauff, days after posting a video on social media in which she pledged to use her voice to fight against racism.

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