{
  "id": 9550573,
  "title": "Coco Gauff joins star-studded World Team Tennis as player-owner",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/coco-gauff-joins-star-studded-world-team-tennis-as-player-owner",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T12:01:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/coco-gauff-joins-star-studded-120157990.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Coco Gauff has been announced as a player-owner for the relaunched World Team Tennis (WTT) league, set to begin in December. Gauff, currently ranked No. 4 in the world, will play for the Florida Flamingos alongside Tommy Paul, Learner Tien, Brandon Nakashima, Iva Jovic, and Eva Lys. This marks Gauff's first time participating in the league, which was originally founded by Billie Jean King in 1974 and last held a season in 2021. The WTT offers players equity and win bonuses to encourage their participation, with matches featuring no-ad scoring and four singles sets followed by a mixed doubles tiebreak.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Coco Gauff will be a player-owner for the Florida franchise in the new season of World Team Tennis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/coco-gauff-will-be-a-player-owner-for-the-florida-franchise-in-the",
        "published": "2026-09-24T12:01:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "BREAKING | Coco Gauff will be player/owner of WTT's Florida Flamingos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/breaking-coco-gauff-will-be-player-owner-of-wtts-florida-flamingos",
        "published": "2026-09-24T12:03:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}