The race to be the best in the country can never get old. When it comes to tennis and Americans, we have had some shining names, and none brighter than Serena Williams. But at the same time, there has been a huge battle over who will be the next biggest star of America after the 23-time Grand Slam champion. Two young American players are fighting for that coveted spot: Coco Gauff and Alycia Parks.

Both of them are competing in the Australian Open at the moment, and now they are set to face each other in the third round. As the news of them going against each other came out, tennis fans shared their over-the-moon reactions.

Tennis fans ready for Alycia Parks’ and Coco Gauff’s clash

Both American tennis players are considered the future of American tennis. But at the same time, both of them have never stood against each other on the tennis court. Not yet. However, this time, there is an opportunity for the tennis world to witness these two rising stars go against each other at the Australian Open.

While both of them are doing great on the athletic front, the audience is waiting to see who is the best among the two. Recently, Parks made it through the second round of the tournament after defeating Leylah Annie Fernandez. In the post-match press conference, she opened up about her thoughts of facing the 19-year-old US Open champion in the third round of the tournament.

She said, “I think it’s the match everyone’s been waiting for.” After this, the official page of the Australian Open also shared a video of Parks making it to the third round of the tournament. After hearing about the possibility of the battles, American fans flooded the comment section.

A fan made an appeal about how he wants the organizers to “schedule Gauff/Parks at a time Americans are awake!!!”

On the other hand, a fan shared his excitement over the same. She wrote, “She’ll get Coco next. That will be a popcorn match!”

Subsequently, a fan dwelled on how it can be a good face-off: “Parks vs. Gauff (playing each other for the first time) in the third round is going to be quite fun!”

Another one gave a proper name to the clash and called it her “American dream come true“ moment as a tennis fan.

In addition, a fan also wrote, “Yeaaa Parks! 🔥🔥 I’m mad she has to play Coco though.”

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The whole tennis world, including American tennis fans, is eagerly waiting for a clash between the two Americans who have Serena Williams as their idol. However, this is not the first time that both of them have been put together in a conversation. Do you know that both of them have their share of similarities?

Parks and Gauff have some similarities 

Tennis enthusiasts are eager to watch who wins when they compete against one another at the Australian Open. Though the comparison with the 19-year-old may be a little unnecessary, they are inevitable. Apart from being Americans’ hope for the future and considering Serena Williams as their idol, both of them are quite similar to each other in some parameters.

Firstly, they both don’t like to be compared with their idols and want to create their own identity as players. However, a significant commonality between the two up-and-coming players is that they both took inspiration from the Williams sisters for their game and used it to help them make their place in the tennis world.

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