15-Year-Old Cori Gauff
Defeats Venus Williams
at Wimbledon The five-time singles
champion was defeated in her
first round match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. The one hour, nineteen
minute match marked
Gauff's Wimbledon debut. Venus Williams,
via 'NYT' In the Open era, Gauff
is the youngest woman
ever to qualify for the
Wimbledon main draw. Williams and her sister
Serena have been role
models for Gauff. Gauff has been quoted as
saying she wants to be
"the greatest of all time." Gauff's second round
match is against the
Wimbledon 2017 semifinalist,
Magdalena Rybarikova.