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Coco Gauff Invests in Unmatched Basketball League, Hopes to ‘Uplift Girls’s Sports activities’

Taylyn Hadley January 7, 2025 Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for Tennis Australia Women’s tennis star Coco Gauff has invested in the professional 3-on-3 women’s basketball league, Unrivaled Basketball. The 20-year-old shared a statement on social media, emphasizing her commitment in “uplifting women’s sports.” “My dad always wanted me to follow in his footsteps and play basketball,”

Coco Gauff Invests in Unmatched Basketball League, Hopes to ‘Uplift Girls’s Sports activities’

Taylyn HadleyJanuary 7, 2025

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 06: Team United States member Coco Gauff poses with the United Cup Trophy during a media opportunity after winning the 2025 United Cup, at Sydney Opera House on January 06, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for Tennis Australia)

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Girls’s tennis star Coco Gauff has invested within the skilled 3-on-3 ladies’s basketball league, Unmatched Basketball.

The 20-year-old shared an announcement on social media, emphasizing her dedication in “uplifting ladies’s sports activities.”

“My dad all the time needed me to comply with in his footsteps and play basketball,” Gauff wrote. “Haha sorry dad however that is as shut as it should 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 can not wait to observe.”

Coco Gauff @CocoGauff

My dad all the time needed me to comply with in his footsteps and play basketball. Haha sorry dad however that is as shut as it should 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 about 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.

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“Basketball is certainly one of my favourite sports activities, and the prospect to assist 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 traders 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.

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