Coco Gauff?s Appointment of Andre Agassi?s Former Coach Gets Andy Roddick?s Seal of Approval

Coco Gauff has been excelling in her game since she changed her coaching staff. But she did not confirm Brad Gilbert, Andre Agassi’s ex-coach, as her coach. The duo is still working on it, and Gauff says since the coach she hired, Pere Riba, is quite young, she associated with Gilbert. People are loving this approach from the teenager. Tennis legends, pundits, and even players could notice how Gauff’s game changed since Gilbert stepped in.

Legends like Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, and even Pam Shriver lauded the move. Now, Andy Roddick, too, hailed the duo for their work and expressed his love for Gauff’s game.

The transformation brought by Andre Agassi’s ex-coach stunned Andy Roddick

The former doubles number one’s game took a drastic turn in less than a month than it ever did in her career. The American’s game is improving with every match, and it caught the attention of Roddick. Gilbert was Roddick’s coach, too but for a brief year. Having worked with him, Roddick offered his perspective on how things changed for Gauff.

The former ATP No.1 spoke to Tennis Channel, in which he hailed Gilbert’s approach. Roddick said, “He?s a master strategist. There?ll be no shot that any one of the opponents is going to hit. There’s one they hit sometimes and one they hit under pressure. He?s very good at finding the differentiators between those two because they?re not always the same.”?

Talking about Gauff’s game, Roddick said, “Her being able to get in and coming into the net, I feel like she?s making those decisions before she?s actually hitting an approach shot. There?s a sense of commitment to it all. Sticking the forehand cross-court, taking big swings on the backhand, mixing up pace up the line, I just couldn?t love what I?m seeing from Coco Gauff more right now.”?The teenager’s impeccable run started with the Citi Open, and she didn’t turn back from then.

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The performance graph of Coco Gauff is rocketing from the Citi Open

When Gauff’s former coach, Diego Moyano, resigned due to personal issues, she worked with her father, Cori Guaff. The WTA 7th seed in singles hired a young coach with minimal experience for her Wimbledon Championships. She lost in the first round, and even her doubles performance went downhill.

Enter Brad Gilbert, and Gauff won the Citi Open tournament, her first big title. Things only went up for her under the coaching of the 62-year-old. After the Citi Open, the 19-year-old played the Canadian Open, in which she finished as a quarter-finalist. In the Cincinnati Masters, Gauff went all the way and won her first WTA1000 title.

Will the American teenager continue her upward trajectory and secure her first Grand Slam title in New York?

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