Veteran tennis coach Brad Gilbert admits that Coco Gauff and her team “celebrated hard” after their US Open wins – but confirmed that the teenager was only drinking water while he was having “a little too much tequila”.
Gauff, 19, won her first Grand Slam last weekend by beating the now world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka despite dropping the first set 6-2. The American responded to win the next two sets, 6-3 and 6-2, to triumph at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
She became the youngest American player to hoist the home major in Flushing Meadows since a 17-year-old Serena Williams in 1999. However, emerging victorious in the United States at such a young age did have one drawback.
The minimum legal drinking age in New York state – and across the country – is 21. Therefore, Gilbert did the drinking for her during their celebrations.
