Alycia Parks gives childhood friend Coco Gauff a test at Miami Open
Coco Gauff defeated childhood friend Alycia Parks at the Miami Open, a match between two South Florida tennis players.
MIAMI GARDENS - Alycia Parks and Coco Gauff have known each other for 15 years. Both spent their early years in Atlanta before moving to South Florida. Gauff got to Delray Beach as a toddler, Parks to Palm Beach County when she was 10 before moving to the Treasure Coast in Port St.
Lucie. As young black girls with big dreams, they would hit at Gauff’s playground courts in Delray’s Pompey Park. Gauff has made it to superstardom and riches as top endorsement moneymaker for female athletes.
Parks, despite being 3 years older at age 25, still is regarded as a prospect who hasn’t fully blossomed despite reaching a career-high 40 th ranking in 2023. A two-time Grand Slam champion, Gauff was seeded fourth at the Miami Open. Parks was unseeded, ranked 105 th .
The old friends hit the big stage at Hard Rock Stadium in the third round of the Miami Open Saturday night, March 21. The 6-foot-1 Parks finally emerged, but it only lasted one set. More tennis: Coco Gauff hopes Serena Williams serious about making a comeback Gauff, who came into the match as a -900 favorite on the moneyline (bet 900 dollars to win 100), lost the first set 6-3 but hung on for an emphatic 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 third-round triumph.