Wimbledon 2019: Coco Gauff beats Venus Williams | On This day, 1 July 2019

30th June 2020

On 1 July, 2019, young prodigy Coco Gauff defeated her childhood hero Venus Williams in straight sets in the opening round of her grand-slam debut. Setting up what is undoubtedly an incredible career. 

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