‘Would’ve Taken This to My Grave’ – Andy Roddick Finally Breaks Silence on His Brief Working Stint With Coco Gauff

Secrets are hard to keep in the tennis world, aren’t they? With players’ lives getting closer than ever through social media, there is barely anything to hide away from the fans. Ask Andy Roddick and Coco Gauff, who caught everyone’s attention during the off-season in 2023. The latter had a wonderful year, capturing her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open.

Further, Gauff spent the off-season working with American tennis legend Andy Roddick. Although a short stint, their partnership was much talked about in the tennis world. Recently, Roddick broke his silence on this matter.

Andy Roddick thought no one knew that he had met up with Coco Gauff?

Hours ago, a new episode of ‘Served With Andy Roddick’ dropped, where the former World Number 1 was asked about his partnership with Gauff. Further, he also went on to reveal how they bonded together.

Roddick mentioned, “Yeah, that was kind of another thing. I don’t want to be the only person in your existence that doesn’t ever want or need anything from you. And by the way, Brad started talking about it and it was out of the bag.”

Further, he went on to add, “I would’ve taken this to my grave. No one knew that we met up and frankly, it was weird because we were at a club and she came here. I didn’t travel to her.”

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Roddick had high hopes for Gauff at the Australian Open. However, the American tennis sensation bowed out in the semifinal against the eventual champion, Aryna Sabalenka. As a result, Roddick was highly dejected.

Roddick reflects on Gauff’s Australian Open campaign

During the same episode of the podcast, Andy Roddick also went on to reveal his feelings after Gauff’s loss. The latter was one of the favorites to win the title. But her journey ended in the last four.

Opening up about Gauff, Roddick said, “I was miserable When she lost in Australia. I did never in my life thought I’d be waking up at 3:30 watching.” Meanwhile, Gauff will look to come back strongly from her Australian Open disappointment. It’ll be interesting to see how she performs in the upcoming tournaments.

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