Today is a very special day for the world of tennis. It’s a date that managed to unite stars like Coco Gauff , Ben Shelton , Taylor Townsend , and others, not for some on-court action, but for a tribute to one of the legends of tennis. This is the day when the star-studded tennis player and professional golfer, Althea Gibson , was born. And our favorite stars have a few words to say.

The official Instagram page of the US Open shared a post, remembering the legacy of Althea Gibson. The video began with a text conveying how, in 1950, Gibson became the very first African-American woman to compete at the US Open. And that was the moment that changed the game of tennis forever, breaking barriers of race, gender, and class. The video then shifted to glimpses of Gibson’s on-court

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