Coco Gauff’s Coach Voices a Serious Concern Regarding Injury Time Outs as It Emerges as a Major Hurdle at Australian Open

While Coco Gauff is hitting the courts with amazing form, her coach Brad Gilbert seems to be performing a deep analysis of the playing conditions in Melbourne. After the 62-year-old shared a concern about seeing players struggling in the warm temperature, he seems to have found another irregularity in the game.

Soon after Coco Gauff’s first match at the Australian Open, Brad Gilbert appears to be stuffed up with queries. After examining the conditions in detail, he now has found another issue in the injury timeout evaluation.

Coco Gauff’s coach Brad Gilbert points out an issue at the Australian Open

Coco Gauff is currently doing whatever it takes to resonate her high motivation levels in her on-court performance. While she is busy keeping her game up to the mark, her coach Brad Gilbert is ensuring everything goes in the right manner at the prestigious event. In a recent tweet, Brad Gilbert expressed concern over the length of time it takes for injury timeout evaluations during matches.

Gilbert highlighted that the evaluation process sometimes exceeds the actual injury timeout, comparing it to the time when all of it used to wind up in just three minutes. Gilbert shared on Twitter, “The injury TO evaluation takes way too long, sometimes even longer than the actual injury TO. It used to be back in the day, no evaluation, just 3 mins – they should go back to that rule.”

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His observation not only gave out his perspective on an existing irregularity in the ongoing event but also gave out the fact that is being ignored. As the rising star moves ahead to her upcoming rounds, it still remains to be seen if Gilbert finds any more issues.

Brad Gilbert’s other concern about Melbourne’s heat seems to be true

Besides pointing out the longer injury timeout evaluation phases Brad Gilbert also noticed struggles amid the Melbourne heat. As the former tennis star has great experience hitting the courts in even higher temperatures, he gave an alarming response to help players normalize the current heat.

“Why you seeing some players struggling today temps in low 80’s the warmest day since I have been here for 8 days, normally low 80’s in Melbourne is win, can easily be high 90’s for a lot of day @AustralianOpen,” he said in a recent tweet.

Well, Gilbert was right about the concern he raised. The scorching heat of Melbourne is actually a hindrance for the players as news of their struggle is coming out. A trustworthy source recently showed a picture from the AO 2024 match between Vesely and Arthur Fils where heat was quite an issue: “Vesely pushing Fils very hard but struggling. Physio and doctor called.” Besides, Jack Draper is also very much affected by Australian heat.

Well, Gilbert seems to be highly focused on the game, and fans predict a better future for the American star Coco Gauff. Let’s see!

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