Gauff is the highest-paid female athlete in the world, but still finds the South Florida park where she grew up a place to ...

Beginning at age 7, Gauff trained on the courts of the city’s Pompey Park, and it was at that park on Tuesday that she launched her New Balance-brand sneaker and gave out hundreds for free.

Her father, Corey, is here in Pompey Park. So is her grandfather, Eddie Odom, for whom the baseball field on the other side of the trees is named. An aunt is here along with several cousins.

Her dad, Corey, is here in Pompey Park. So is her grandfather, Eddie ‘Red’ Odom. The baseball field on the other side of the trees is named for him. An aunt is here. Seemingly every other ...