“Time is crazy, time flies,” Coco Gauff takes a trip down the memory lane as images of her admiring Venus Williams at 2012 US Open resurfaces

In the picture, an eight-year-old Gauff was looking somewhere else while Venus sat down after the third game of the second set.

“Time is crazy, time flies,” Coco Gauff takes a trip down the memory lane as images of her admiring Venus Williams at 2012 US Open resurfaces

Coco Gauff, Venus Williams (Images via Imago,X)

A video of Coco Gauff watching Venus Williams play at the 2012 US Open resurfaced on social media and tennis fans can’t stop gushing over it. Gauff came across the video and expressed her surprise at it and thanked the person who dug out the video.

Gauff shared the pictures of her watching Williams, unseeded, lock horns with compatriot Bethaine Mattek-Sands in the first round. In the picture, an eight-year-old Gauff was looking at somewhere else while Venus sat down after the third game of the second set.

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While reacting to the picture, Gauff wrote she probably was looking at the jumbotron to see if she appeared on it or not.

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Wowwwwwww no way someone found this. That is me watching Venus at the US Open. Didn't even know the TV caught me in the stands. Whoever found this shoutout to you omg. This is crazy, time flies. Lol I def (definitely) looking at the jumbotron to see if the camera was showing me lol. Thank you for sharing!
Coco Gauff wrote on Instagram story

In another story, Gauff reshared her X post, calling life “crazy“. She wrote on X that it was a perfect example of how people’s dreams are sometimes closer than they think.

7 years later I played her and then 11 years later I won the thing. Life is crazy.

Coco Gauff wrote

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In that match between Williams and Mattek-Sands, the former easily won 6-3, 6-1 to reach the second round and faced former World No. 1, Angelique Kerber. She lost the match to Kerber in three sets 6-2, 5-7, 7-5.

Coco Gauff locked horns with Venus Williams two times

Coco Gauff was eight years old when she watched Venus Williams‘ match. Then, just seven years later, Gauff played against the tennis great for the first time.

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Coco Gauff, Venus Williams (Image via Imago)

It was at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. A 15-year-old Gauff, who won the qualifiers, faced Williams in the first round and stunned the five-time Wimbledon champion in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.

The next year, they again met at the Australian Open, and the result was no different. Gauff clinched her second win over her idol in straight sets (7-6, 6-3). Then in 2021, they paired up to play at the French Open but lost to Saisai Zheng and Ellen Perez in the first round 6-7, 6-4, 6-3.

Both Gauff and Williams last participated at the Miami Open. While the young sensation couldn’t reach the quarterfinals, the 43-year-old Williams lost in the first round.

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