Coco Gauff’s new coach ignoring ‘a whole lot of texts’ over American’s weak point

Coco Gauff just lately enlisted a brand new mentor in Brad Gilbert – the previous coach of Andy Murray and Andre Agassi. And her new rent proved profitable instantly when she won her biggest career title in Washington last week. Gilbert has now admitted that he has been ignoring “hundreds of texts” about how individuals assume he ought to assist Gauff get to the subsequent degree.

Gauff switched up her group a couple of weeks in the past, bringing in Pere Riba forward of the Eastbourne International. And they had been joined by Gilbert finally week’s Mubadala Citi DC Open – who has taken on one thing of an assistant coach position on a trial foundation.

The 61-year-old’s enter appeared to have an instantaneous impact when she lifted the Washington trophy on Sunday, with many questioning whether or not Gilbert had lastly nailed down Gauff’s troublesome forehand. The world No 7 herself admitted that her weaker shot was often a target for her rivals.

But Gilbert has now admitted that he hasn’t even touched the shot regardless of being inundated with messages about it. “We haven’t changed anything with the forehand. I never even say that word,” he informed the WTA.

His technique of refusing to deal with the forehand signifies that Gauff is now not worrying about it on the court docket, and the American mentioned he could be sticking to his stance for the fast future. “One hundred per cent,” Gilbert added.

“I got hundreds of texts – ‘Fix the forehand, fix the forehand.’ You don’t just go switch a grip, because then you have to change the arm position and do a lot of other things. I’m not doing that right now.”

Sharing his reasoning, the TV analyst and coach defined: “Everybody desires to win. I’ve received to win this, and I’ve received to win that. It beats you up – particularly when everyone asks in regards to the forehand all day lengthy. That begins to devour you.