Gauff earnns worldwide plaudits for Wimbledon run

Cori Gauff continued her remarkable run at Wimbledon with victory over Polona Hercog on Friday night.

The 15-year-old American has won the hearts of the world with her superb performances at SW19 this week.

Here, PA looks at some of the star names from her homeland reacting to her heroics.

Gauff seemed to be more excited by the release of Jaden Smith’s new album than her victory over Hercog. She started her post-match press conference by making reference to Smith and the 20-year-old responded on Twitter.

And Smith’s reply prompted this reaction from Gauff on Instagram Live…

Some of America’s biggest names also reacted to Gauff’s achievements on social media.

And the player herself responded to the “surreal” praise on Saturday morning.

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