Famous tennis coach
Brad Gilbert shares one similarity between
the former world number one
Andre Agassi and America’s young sensation Coco
Gauff.
The 62-year-old, who is currently working as the head coach
of the 19-year-old, has also worked with Agassi during his playing days.
Gilbert was recently quoted in a report where he revealed one
similarity between both players and that is that both are ‘perfectionists’.
“Coco definitely shares a big-time trait with Andre Agassi
in that she’s a perfectionist. Crazy perfectionist,” he said. “That’s probably
the thing from early on I noticed instantly. And I told her, ‘The pursuit of
perfection doesn’t exist. It makes you miserable, chasing it. And you’re never
satisfied with being good.’
“She’s just always gotta be better. Andre was the same. And
it’s like, ‘You only gotta be better than the lady on the other side of the
net.’ That’s it. This whole being-better-than-you-need-to-be costs you a lot of
matches.
“I’ll call it turning
the dial a little bit on the radio. I felt like there were little, subtle
tweaks that were going to make a big difference. The way she had been coached
was, they wanted her to be a power player. They wanted her to go through
people. I didn’t see it that way. Her serve, her backhand, her insanely great
movement, her defending skills.”