Incredible upset at Wimbledon as 15-year-old knocks out Williams

<p>In a shocking upset, 15-year-old Cori Gauff, who is the youngest ever Wimbledon qualifier, has beaten tennis legend Venus Williams in the first round.</p> <p>Venus, 39, has won the Wimbledon singles title five times, including twice before Cori was even born.</p> <p>Now, Cori has caused one of the biggest shocks in Wimbledon history as she beat Venus and made a mockery of the 269 ranking spots that separate the pair.</p> <p>Cori was relentless in her brand of tennis and bullied Venus into submission.</p> <p>Upon realising she had won, Cori burst into tears.</p> <p>"I don't even know how to explain how I feel," Cori said to the <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/youngest-ever-wimbledon-qualifier-beats-venus-williams/11269888" target="_blank">ABC</a> </em>moments after her remarkable win.</p> <p>Cori had no idea that she would win against the tennis legend.</p> <p>"I definitely had to tell myself to stay calm. I have never played on a court so big, but I had to remind myself that the lines on the court are the same size, everything around it might be bigger, but the lines are the same and after every point I was just telling myself to stay calm.</p> <p>"I never thought this would happen. I am literally living my dream right now, and not many get to say that.”</p> <p>Cori also explained that she is just happy that she had the chance to play at Wimbledon as she was handed a wildcard for the qualifying tournament at Roehampton.</p> <p>"So I am just happy that Wimbledon gave me the opportunity just to play and I obviously never thought it would be this far."</p> <p>Venus took it in her stride, with Cori saying that “she said congratulations”.</p> <p>"After the match I told her just thank you for everything she did. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her," she said.</p> <p>"I was just telling her that she is so inspiring and that I always wanted to tell her that. Even though I met her before, I guess I had the guts to [tell her today]."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">"She [Venus Williams] said congratulations." <br /><br />"I told her thank you for everything that you did. I wouldn’t be here without you. I always wanted to tell her that."<br /><br />- <a href="https://twitter.com/CocoGauff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CocoGauff</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wimbledon</a> <a href="https://t.co/lGUYiGnq3Q">pic.twitter.com/lGUYiGnq3Q</a></p> — Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/1145764687574982657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">1 July 2019</a></blockquote>

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