Angel Reese sends two-word message to Coco Gauff after tennis star banked £3.7m
Coco Gauff exchanged messages with WNBA star Angel Reese after winning the WTP Finals.
WNBA star Angel Reese sent Coco Gauff a two-word message after the tennis ace became the youngest player to win the WTA Finals since Maria Sharapova achieved the feat in 2004 as a 17-year-old. Gauff, 20, was in inspired form at the season finale in Saudi Arabia as she defeated Qinwen Zheng in the showpiece match.
Gauff overcame Jessica Pegula and Iga Swiatek in the group stages of the tournament, before seeing off Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals.
And she fought back from a set down to defeat Zheng 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the final as she boosted her career winnings by a whopping £3.7million.
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After the final, Gauff took to X (formerly Twitter) to post a couple of celebratory pictures. And she wrote: “Muah. Also, I know tend to focus on ‘doubters/haters’ but this one is really for all of my supporters! Ya’ll held it down for me win or lose!
“I thank you for that. I see you and I appreciate you. And I know some of you are a little bit petty like me so it does feel nice to silence them for a bit”.
Reese replied to the post by penning: “Queen!!! Congratssss.” And the love-in continued as Gauff responded: “Thank you queen.”
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The two athletes have crossed paths on social media in the past, with Gauff sending Reese a message after the Chicago Sky forward announced her decision to undergo surgery on her wrist in September after a sensational rookie season.
Reese, 22, took to X and wrote: “What a year. I never would have imagined the last bucket of my rookie season would be a 3 but maybe that was God saying give them a taste of what they will be seeing more of in Year 2 lol.
“Through it all, I have showed that I belong in this league even when no one else believed.” And Gauff reached out to the basketball star in response to the post as she wrote on Instagram: “So proud of you.”
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Gauff doubled her 2024 tennis earnings with her victory in the Middle East. And after the final she explained: “I didn’t know, like I knew it was some money, but I didn’t know that much.
“Oh gosh, I hope I’m like one of the highest-paid female tennis players this year or athletes so that’ll be exciting.
“Honestly, I wanted to win this for myself. I didn’t know that it was the biggest prize cheque on this Tour, I didn’t know anything about that. I knew there was money, but I try not to never play for this, but that’s cool.”
