Brad Gilbert shares one trait shared by both current and former charges Coco Gauff and Andre Agassi

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.

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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.

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“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.”

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