Coco Gauff predicted Great Britain’s Francesca Jones would “go far” after the 20th seed was forced to dig deep on her Wimbledon return. A warm embrace was shared between the duo at the end and Gauff said: “Her story is incredible. “So I was just letting her know don’t let this crush you because matches like this can really hurt or break a player and I don’t want it to break her. When Gauff and Jones did get under way, the football-mad Briton could have been forgiven for wondering what was going on across the capital at Wembley. Gauff added: “I was really nervous going in, my first time back since everything happened in 2019 and Francesca came out swinging.

Source: Express June 29, 2021 20:48 UTC