Coco Gauff mistaken for Serena and Venus Williams after Canadian Open blunder

Coco Gauff has revealed that she has been mistaken for six different tennis gamers previously after one more mix-up. The world No 7 stated she had beforehand signed autographs as every of the Williams sisters. While competing on this week’s Canadian Open, she was additionally confused with house hero Leylah Fernandez despite the fact that the world No 81 hails from Montreal.

Gauff superior to the round-of-16 in Montreal on Wednesday as she ended the hopes of British qualifier Katie Boulter. The sixth seed on the Canadian Open, she got here into the match contemporary off the again of successful her largest profession title in Washington.

Aged simply 19, the American has already been a daily fixture on the skilled tennis circuit for 4 years. But that hasn’t stopped some followers from complicated her with a few of her rivals, together with each Serena and Venus Williams.

Gauff took to Twitter to disclose that she had signed autographs on behalf of six different gamers, with the newest offence coming simply at some point in the past. The four-time title winner quotes a tweet immediate which learn: “You ever had a racist experience but it was funny tho.”

Reposting it, she wrote: “I sign autographs as myself but occasionally I am somehow also signing as Sloane, Venus, Serena, Taylor, Alycia, and yesterday I got Leylah for the first time lollll.”

The case of mistaken identification with Fernandez is a shocking one, provided that it occurred on the Canadian Open. Fernandez not solely hails from Canada however was born in Montreal – the host metropolis of the WTA version of the occasion this 12 months.

And she’s not the one participant who has skilled one thing related, as Wimbledon breakout star Christopher Eubanks stated the identical occurred to him finally week’s Washington match. Responding to Gauff, the world No 29 wrote: “I got called Monfils twice in DC lol.”