‘Heated Rivalry’ Stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams Invited to Australian Open by Coco Gauff: ‘I’m Their Number One Fan’

Tennis champion Coco Gauff is a “Heated Rivalry” fan.

Following a gushing review of HBO Max’s queer hockey romance series on social media, the American sports star said, “I’m their number one fan, I think.”

Gauff’s comments came during her Australian Open media day press conference. “I just kind of saw people talking about a hockey show, a gay hockey show. That interested me,” she said, according to tennis.com. “I was like, ‘Oh, six episodes, perfect.’ I just dove, like, right in. Obviously, there’s some nice spicy scenes. It’s such a beautiful love story. I think that was like the main thing.”

“Heated Rivalry,” adapted from Rachel Reid’s Game Changer novel series, stars Connor Story and Hudson Williams as Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, respectively, as professional hockey players who fall in love over the course of a secret decade-long affair.

In an interview with the Tennis Channel, Gauff said, “The storyline, I think is so relevant, I think a lot of people maybe can relate. I think that was really cool. The tension, obviously, the sexual tension and then the romantic tension. I love the trope that enemies – well, they aren’t real enemies – but enemies to lovers, but they both were denying their feelings. I don’t know. I just eat stuff up like that.”