COCO Gauff has revealed that she made a particular dinner as she watched Venus Williams’ latest comeback alongside her boyfriend.

Williams, 45, returned to motion final month following 16 months off the WTA Tour.

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Having tasted victory on the doubles court docket, the American icon beat Peyton Stearns 6-3 6-4 in her singles first spherical on the Citi Open.

Gauff, 21, has steadily spoken of her admiration of the Williams sisters.

After successful her first Main on the US Open two years in the past, the rising famous person stated of Venus and Serena, “They’re the rationale why I’ve this trophy as we speak, to be sincere.

“They’ve allowed me to imagine on this dream rising up.”

Chatting with Individuals forward of this 12 months’s US Open, Gauff revealed her pleasure at watching Venus’ latest comeback.

The world No3 stated, “I by no means prepare dinner, however I made dinner that evening… Dinner and every little thing as a result of I used to be so excited to observe her play.

“That was the primary match I have been excited to observe shortly. My boyfriend was with me and I used to be identical to, ‘Oh my gosh, I can not wait’.”

Gauff then joked that she wished one among her fellow American friends to rush up along with his match.

The 2-time Main champion added, “She was after Ben Shelton, and I used to be like, ‘Ben must wrap this up. I can not wait to see Venus’.”

Williams went on to lose to Magdalena Frech in spherical two of the Citi Open.

The tennis icon skipped Canada earlier than returning once more in Cincinnati.

Williams misplaced respectably to in-form Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4 6-4 in Cincy.

The tour veteran has been handed a wildcard to play singles on the US Open.

First she is going to participate within the controversially revamped US Open blended doubles occasion.

Williams has obtained a wildcard alongside Reilly Opelka, the booming 6ft 11in massive server who has beforehand referred to as doubled specialists “failed singles gamers”.

The group will tackle Andrey Rublev and Karolina Muchova in spherical one of many occasion.

Gauff, in the meantime, has opted to skip the blended doubles in an effort to deal with her singles marketing campaign.

The house favourite was crushed within the Cincinnati quarter-finals by Jasmine Paolini final week.

This end result, coupled with Iga Swiatek successful the title, noticed Gauff fall from No2 to No3 on the earth.

Because of this she might doubtlessly face No1 Aryna Sabalenka within the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows, in what can be a tasty rematch of their two Grand Slam finals.