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Wimbledon: Teen player upset tennis veteran Williams

15-year-old Cori Gauff stuns Venus Williams in Wimbledon's first round, huge disappointment for 5-time Wimbledon winner

Can Erozden  | 02.07.2019 - Update : 02.07.2019
Wimbledon: Teen player upset tennis veteran Williams

ANKARA 

A teenage tennis player from the U.S., Cori Gauff beat Venus Williams in the first round of the 2019 Wimbledon, late Monday.

World number 313, Gauff, 15, won against 39-year-old Williams -- a five-time Wimbledon champion -- in the first round by 6-4 and 6-4 set victories.

"Venus told me congratulations and keep going, she said good luck and I told her thanks for everything she did," Gauff said over her victory.

"It's the first time I have ever cried after winning a match," Gauff stated as she beat one of her idols.

Gauff previously said that she saw Williams sisters, Venus and Serena as her role models.



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