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Tennis Star Coco Gauff Gets Her Selfie With Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler At Miami Open

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler got to meet up with tennis sensation Coco Gauff at Miami Open

Shandel Richardson

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With three days in between games, Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler used the free time to take in the Miami Open tennis tournament. 

When he arrived, he learned he a fan in local tennis star Coco Gauff. The two met after Gauff's second-round victory against Rebecca Marino and posed for a photo. 

"Bringing out my inner jimmy buckets mentality yesterday," Gauff posted on Twitter Friday. 

Gauff, the No. 6 seed who lives in Delray Beach, was taken aback when she noticed Butler in the stands. It didn't keep her from defeating Marion 6-4, 6-3. 

In the post-match interview, Gauff said Butler's presence made her a little nervous. 

"It's really special. I have a lot of my family in the crowd and over there," Gauff said. "Even Jimmy Butler here so I was a little bit nervous when I saw him."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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