Coco Gauff praises Andy Murray for helping when few others would

Gauff spoke about Murray in a recent press conference.

Andy Murray is likely playing his final year of his professional tennis. He has suffered through many severe and various injuries over most of the last decade. Some of the time he has been able to maintain enough form to win tournaments, but in the last several years it has been clear that his injuries have taken a toll.
While Murray has been a fantastic player on the court – he has won three Grand Slams, reached No. 1 on the ATP tour, and won two Olympic gold medals – he has been instrumental away from the court in many ways. He does not mind correcting people when he feels that has been an implication of inequality.

This last part is something Coco Gauff remembers fondly. During a recent post-match press conference during the Italian Open, Gauff brought up when Murray was asked in 2019 during a post-match press conference at Wimbledon about American Sam Querry being the last American to make the semifinals at the grass-court major.
Coco Gauff praises Andy Murray for standing up when few others would
Murray quickly corrected the person who asked the question and clarified that the reporter meant last “American man.” American women had been involved in the Wimbledon semifinals more recently than the report implied. Many people might have just let the question go, but Murray did not like that there was an insinuation that simply saying “American” meant a men’s player.