The blooming friendship between Coco Gauff and Zendaya has caught a lot of attention from their fans lately. Especially after Zendaya revealed how much she wants to meet Coco Gauff during her Challengers press tour. When she heard it, Gauff couldn’t help but express her joy on the matter. Adding more to that story, she recently revealed how her connection with Zendaya runs deeper than that.

“I have been watching her since Disney Channel. Since I was a kid, I was watching her on shake it up. And K.C. undercover,” said Coco of Zendaya. Coco Gauff continued by expressing her respect for Zendaya’s professional path, which she compared to her own shift from youthful stardom to a more responsible persona. “Then once I got older and seeing the transition, like both of us kind of transition. And I was allowed to watch Euphoria, and then now Challenger.” 

Gauff’s coach, Brad Gilbert prepped Zendaya and co-stars for their tennis roles in the upcoming movie, with the help of US Open champ insights. Although Coco Gauff has not seen Zendaya’s latest movie, ‘Challengers,’ as of yet, she opened up about how she wants to keep the movie on her list to watch later. “I already know I’m going to love it, I’m really curious to see how the tennis scenes look,” Gauff said in Madrid on Thursday.

Gauff has always admired Zendaya for her incredible acting throughout her career. In response, Zendaya has also never shied away from expressing her love and support for the tennis player, too. Zendaya, who started her acting career back when she was 14, revealed how much she relates to Gauff being a young athlete herself.

Zendaya is impressed by Coco Gauff’s “composure, strength, and poise”

While promoting her film Challengers, which is based on tennis itself, Zendaya found a new sense of admiration for the US Open champion. The Euphoria actor, who also began her career very young, developed a sense of empathy for Coco Gauff, who turned pro at the age of 14. Zendaya revealed how she can relate to the pressure of being a public figure at such a young age. “I guess I relate to the idea of pressure and having all eyes on you. But in many ways, I can’t imagine the shoes that she has to walk in as a tennis player and a professional athlete.”

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Although she understands the difference in pressure that people experience in both industries, she could not help but acknowledge the intense duress that players like Coco Gauff go through while playing tennis. “I’m so impressed by her composure, strength, and poise. Like I said, she’s so young, and so I think when I see young people in the public space, I feel particularly protective.”

As both move forward in their respective industries, fans are likely to see a new connection between them grow even stronger. Fans are now hoping to see them together for the first time ever!