Coco Gauff Receives Moral Reassurance With a Reality Check About Her Tennis Future – ‘She Serves Harder’

The 2024 Australian Open wasn’t a good one for the American fans. Despite having several players who looked promising to dig deep in the tournament, their run came to a disappointing end. Especially in the women’s section, Coco Gauff was a strong favorite to lift the title. However, she went down fighting against Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals. Despite this setback, Gauff has received the backing of tennis legend, Mats Wilander.

Before the Australian Open, Gauff worked with Andy Roddick during the off-season. Some of her weaknesses were addressed during that session. Let’s find out what Wilander had to say about Gauff.

Mats Wilander talks about Coco Gauff

Recently, the 59-year-old appeared in Andy Zodin’s Kick Serve Radio podcast. During the interview, he talked about various subjects – from Aryna Sabalenka’s rise to Rohan Bopanna becoming the oldest World Number 1. Further, he also went on to talk about Gauff’s performance Down Under.

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Despite the setback, he hoped for the American sensation to come back stronger. Wilander said, “There is no need to panic for Coco Gauff. I think she talked about working a little bit for a couple of days with Andy Roddick on her serve, I think that needs to be addressed again.”

Further, he went on to add, “She serves harder, don’t necessarily think she serves better. The forehand will always be a work in progress. With Brad Gilbert there, and now that she mentioned Andy Roddick, I think there is a very healthy situation around Coco.”

It was a spontaneous meeting between Gauff and Roddick late last year. While it wasn’t planned, Gauff received valuable insights from her compatriot. Meanwhile, Roddick was surprised that the news of their practice session broke out because they had kept it under wraps.

What did Roddick say about his session with Gauff?

Although not many knew that Gauff was working with Roddick during the off-season, the American sensation’s coach, Brad Gilbert was aware of it. Subsequently, he broke the news about their partnership and it went viral all over the internet.

Talking about this, Roddick said, “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.”

Meanwhile, Gauff would like to come back stronger following her Australian Open setback. It’ll be interesting to see how she bounces back in the upcoming tournaments.

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