Coco Says "Sports Is About Skill Not Gender"
- realshepower
- Aug 14, 2020
- 1 min read
The sixteen-year-old tennis sensation gave a fitting reply to a Tik Tok user who tried to pull her down through a sexist remark. The user wrote, "she wouldn’t be able to compete or beat a male tennis player because she’s a girl." To which, Cori Coco Gauff replied, sports is about skills than gender. She said, "As an athlete, I have no problem in people saying they are better than me because their skill level is better than me, but if you think you are better than me for the sole reason that you think you're a boy and I'm a girl... That doesn't make any sense.”
Key Highlights
Coco respond to a sexist comment on Tik Tok
She says sport is about skills than gender. “If you’re a real athlete, then you understand this."
Last year, Coco Gauf became the youngest WTA winner. This year she started the season with a thrilling match of two hours and 48 minutes against Aryna Sabalenka at The Top Seed Open 2020 in Lexington.
She is now preparing for a face off with Ons Jabeur in the quarterfinals.
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