Under a closed roof, on No. 1 Court at Wimbledon, American Coco Gauff, the second seed, defeated Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2, 6-1 to reach the third round.
This was the same court where she beat Venus Williams back in 2019 when she was just fifteen years old making her Wimbledon debut.
Gauff said: “This is the court where I first started here at Wimbledon, so Court 1 is always a special place for me to play on.”
No. 1 Court has a capacity of 12,300 , and it felt very full, with a murmuring hum of crowd noise amplified by the roof.
As I looked around at the various shades of green of the stadium and the green pristine grass, my eyes finally settled a few rows in front of me.
There I saw Roger Federer’s parents, Robert (wearing a blue RF Uniqlo cap) and Lynette, with his twin sons Leo and Lenny.
(Photo credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports)
I felt a thrill of excitement, seeing the family of the most beautiful…
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