The feeling of sharing emotions with complete strangers can be quite overwhelming.

Especially when music is involved.

Some need 50 years to discover this fascination, others are so far as teenagers, and Coco Gauff definitely belongs to the wide-awake, second category.

Three days before her first match at the 2022 Championships in Wimbledon, the young American threw herself into the fray at a Billie Eilish concert at London's O2 Arena, and judging by her comment on social media it must have been a lucky streak .

"One of the best nights of my life," she wrote.

"I still can't believe what madness that was."

Clear thoughts and courage

An 18-year-old raves about a 20-year-old's concert, which sounds like a wonderfully normal story, and it is.

Apart from the fact that Coco Gauff will probably soon be among the top ten tennis players in the world, she is interested in similar things to many young people and this normality seems extremely healthy.

Enjoyment of life?

Fancy loud sounds?

Bring it on!

But there are other sides to the young American that make her stand out from the crowd.

One can only marvel at the clarity of her thoughts and the courage to articulate these thoughts in public.

"Need to talk about these things"

In Paris at the French Open, where she played in the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time just over three weeks ago, she wrote on the camera afterwards: "Peace.

Stop gun violence.

Coco” Knowing her rising profile in the world of sports, she is determined to leverage this platform.

The message was simply important to her, she explained afterwards.

"We need to talk about these things.

I read comments afterwards that said writing anything on a camera won't stop the violence.

I agree with that.

I'm all about influencing people and reaching out to political leaders around the world who might hear the message.”

"Knows how many people I can reach"

These days there is another topic that is making waves, not only in the USA, after the Supreme Court ruled almost fifty years ago "Roe v.

Wade”, which means that there is no longer a national right to abortion.

Gauff also spoke about it without hesitation, and with her unmistakable comment one believed to have the tone of a Martina Navratilova or Billie Jean King in the ears, whose voices have a lasting sound not only in the world of tennis.

She feels for the women in the future and in the present, she said, but also for those who protested in the past and now have to see the verdict overturned.

Speaking to the Guardian recently, she added: "I'm grateful for the platform I have and I know how many people I can reach with it.

I don't think I can change the world.

I don't have any delusional ideas, but I think maybe I can change some people in this world.

The support of everyone who has encouraged me to speak my mind has ensured I am not afraid to do just that.”

Victory against Venus Williams

Now it's not like Coco Gauff's voice has only been heard since the final in Paris.

Already at 15, in her first year on the pro tour, she stunned with comments that clearly stood out from the crowd of conformity.

She made a remarkable debut at Wimbledon three years ago, beating Venus Williams in round one.

Shaking hands at the net, she took the opportunity to tell her admired opponent what was very important to her.

Thank you for everything you've done for this sport, she said.

She landed in the round of 16 at the premiere and headlines about the potential new superstar were quickly made.

Luckily, no one in the family went nuts.

Taking one step at a time is a healthier pace than a sprint.

Of course it's not easy to curb impatience and ambition, and now she thinks she's found the right pace.

After the final in Paris, when the question arose of how important the confidence gained with this success could be for the next challenges in Wimbledon and later at the US Open in New York, Coco Gauff said: very important.

"When I was 15, 16 or 17, I felt so much pressure to reach a grand final.

Now that I've done it, it feels like a bit of a relief."

The path in Wimbledon 2022 begins this Tuesday, and if everything goes as she wishes, it will go further than last year or at the premiere in 2019. Along this path, she will continue to listen to music, collect impressions and think about God and the world, and that can't hurt.

After all, the mind is like a parachute;

he works best when he is open to everything.