CAROL’S DAUGHTER ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL HAIR SPONSORSHIP OF TENNIS SENSATION COCO GAUFF
BEIJING — Coco Gauff has shored up her coaching team through the end of the season and into next year. The World No.6 announced the end of her partnership with Brad Gilbert after the US Open and has now added Matt Daly to coach alongside her longtime coach, Jean-Christophe (“JC”) Faurel.
Daly, 45, played collegiate tennis at the University of Notre Dame and graduated in 2001. He recently coached Denis Shapovalov on the ATP Tour last season. Gauff started working with Daly a week before flying to Beijing for the China Open.
“I’m really excited,” Gauff told WTA Insider in Beijing. “I think this is probably what it will look like next year too. I’m super excited for a new change and hopefully to improve other parts of my game.
“Working with Brad was really great and obviously we had a great partnership. I think it was just time to do a reset, a refresh, and add some things in my game that I felt like I need to do to have a better season next year.”
The top priority for Gauff and her team is addressing her serve. Earlier this month, her US Open title defense ended in the fourth round to Emma Navarro. She struck 19 double faults in the loss.
“There are other parts of my game that I want to work on, too, but the focus right now is the serve,” Gauff said. “When I serve well, I play pretty well. For me, that’s the basis for my game.”
