Serena Williams’ ex-coach offers Coco Gauff French Open tricks to beat Iga Swiatek

Coco Gauff can document a primary ever victory over Iga Swiatek on the French Open on Wednesday to achieve the semi-finals. But provided that the world No 1 will get nervous on the large event and her opponent controls the baseline.

That’s the view of Serena Williams’ famend former coach Rick Macci, who has taken to social media to share his ideas on the mouth-watering match-up.

Swiatek and Gauff met in final 12 months’s remaining of the French Open, with the top-ranked Polish star taking the title in straight units.

The two rivals have confronted one another on six separate events and Gauff is but to win a single encounter. But Macci is giving his American compatriot an opportunity this time, so long as she brings her A-game to Roland-Garros on Wednesday.

Macci tweeted: “During an interview was asked does Coco Gauff has a shot against Iga. If Iga gets nervous and feels pressure Coco has a shot. But Coco needs to control the baseline run the show deal the cards serve big and serve even bigger to get free lunches. EASIER SAID THAN DONE.”

In her 4 matches to this point within the event, sixth seed Gauff has twice come from a set right down to progress to the subsequent spherical. Swiatek is but to drop a single set although she obtained a walkover within the fourth spherical when her opponent Lesla Tsurenko was pressured to withdraw via sickness.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek is the odds-on favorite to retain her title at Roland-Garros however must discover a method of retaining her standard teenage opponent at bay on Wednesday. Amongst her supporters, Gauff can rely Hollywood famous person Samuel L Jackson, who has been tweeting support to the 19-year-old after her French Open matches.

After her come-from-behind third-round victory towards Mirra Andreeva, the Pulp Fiction star posted: “Dope display today! Big Up.” That adopted an earlier tweet following her straight victory over Julia Grabher, when he wrote: “On to the next one!! See ya next week.”

Marvel fan Gauff admitted that she had been “freaked out” to have obtained the assist from Jackson and added: “It’s cool to say Nick Fury knows I exist. Maybe I’m just going to say I’m Cannon in the Marvel Universe since he tweeted that.”

With three profession singles titles to her title, Gauff is at present ranked sixth on the earth however was as excessive as No 4 in October 2022. She has additionally loved a profitable doubles profession already, profitable eight WTA titles and was ranked No 1 for doubles in August 2022, earlier than slipping again to No 3.

Gauff and her accomplice Jessica Pegula are into the ladies’s doubles semi-final at Roland-Garros after a straight-sets win towards Anna Bondar and Greet Minnen on Tuesday.