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Monday 27 January 2020

Sofia Kenin of the U.S. reacts
after winning a point against
compatriot Coco Gauff dur-
ing their fourth round singles
match at the Australian Open
tennis championship in Mel-
bourne, Australia, Sunday,
Jan. 26, 2020.
Associated Press
'Didn't do

it for the

hype':

Kenin

stops

Coco in

Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) KOBE
— It made sense to Sofia
Kenin that Coco Gauff
would be the one getting
all of the attention and
generating all of the buzz.
That's only natural when BEAN
Gauff is 15 and making
tennis history time and time
again.
"Yeah, I mean, the hype
is for her. She's obviously
done great stuff, of course. BRYANT
It's absolutely normal. Just
(tried) not to let that get in
my head," Kenin said. "Of
course, I didn't do it for the (1978 – 2020)
hype. I did it for myself, be-
cause I wanted to prove to
myself that I could do it." Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant
Well, Sofia, you did it. Now
get ready for the spotlight dies in helicopter crash
to shine your way. Kenin
stopped Gauff's latest
Grand Slam run by beating
her 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0 in the In this April 21, 2002 file photo Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant waits between plays during the opener of their best-of-five first-round
Australian Open's fourth Western Conference playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers in Los Angeles.
round on Sunday. Associated Press
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