'But tennis is a sport that has too often chewed up its prodigies before they’re fully-formed adults, leaving a trail of burnout, chronic injury and family dysfunction,' DanWolken of usatodaysports writes.
Dan WolkenCoco Gauff was probably destined to be the biggest story in sports at some point in her life, but nobody could have anticipated that it would happen on a Friday in July of her 15th year on Earth.
Which is all the more reason why everyone around Gauff and the Women’s Tennis Association must resist the urge to speed up this process. But it’s inevitable now that things are going to change for the Gauffs. Though people within the niche tennis world have known about Coco Gauff for awhile — Roger Federer’s management company, Team 8, signed her in late 2017, and New Balance became her apparel sponsor last October -- everything is different when you break out as a mainstream star.
In other words, until this week, her results have been typical of what you’d expect from even a great 15-year-old.that the age restriction, while well-intentioned, has in fact put too much pressure on his daughter to play well in those tournaments because she knows there are limited chances. He suggested the WTA should look at changing the rule from limiting the number of tournaments to total matches, which might have some merit.
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