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Ladies’s tennis star Coco Gauff has invested within the skilled 3-on-3 ladies’s basketball league, Unmatched Basketball.
The 20-year-old shared a press release on social media, emphasizing her dedication in “uplifting ladies’s sports activities.”
“My dad at all times wished me to comply with in his footsteps and play basketball,” Gauff wrote. “Haha sorry dad however that is as shut as it would get. In all seriousness, I am extremely my grateful to get the chance to uplift ladies’s sports activities and I’m tremendous excited to hitch the @Unrivaledwbb household! I am unable to wait to look at.”
Coco Gauff @CocoGauff
My dad at all times wished me to comply with in his footsteps and play basketball. Haha sorry dad however that is as shut as it would get 🤣. In all seriousness, I am extremely my grateful to get the chance to uplift ladies’s sports activities and I’m tremendous excited to hitch the @Unrivaledwbb household! I… https://t.co/7y2RkNrSs2
Unrivaled is an “progressive” 3-on-3 ladies’s basketball league based by U.S. Olympians Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. The league options six groups, every with six gamers and is ready to debut on Friday, Jan. 17.
Gauff expressed her pleasure to Unmatched, stating she is “thrilled to be becoming a member of as an investor” forward of the league’s inaugural season.
“Basketball is one in all my favourite sports activities, and the prospect to help a league that is redefining the sport is thrilling,” Gauff stated. “I sit up for being a part of this motion and persevering with to assist elevate ladies’s sports activities to new heights.”
Different notable buyers within the league embody former U.S. soccer Olympian Alex Morgan, NBA stars Carmelo Anthony and Giannis Antetokounmpo, former Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, amongst others.
