"Most of the internet coaches never coached anyone": Coco Gauff shrugs off critics after Paula Badosa stuns third seed

Coco Gauff is out of the Australian Open losing to a resurgent Paula Badosa on Tuesday 7-5, 6-4 at the Australian Open in favour of the Spaniard but the American has shrugged off armchair pundits and 'internet coaches' who think they know better.

Gauff said she has a lot more work to do after her Australian Open exit and that is clear for her to see but that sitting at home commenting on it is different to actually being in the moment and playing it.

“I guess you just have to realize that most of the internet coaches never coached anyone at my level or never played. So it's one of those things,” Gauff told press after the match. "You'll hear … people saying, Oh, she should have made this or he should have made that. Even when I'm watching, I do that. Obviously when you're out there, it's different.”

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But amid serve being the big issue according to these people, she said some mean well but that she is trying to improve facets of her game.

“I take it with a grain of salt. Some people do mean well, so I don't look at it as all bad,” Gauff added. “I'm proud of myself, and that's all I can say.

“I promise that I'm going to continue to try my best to improve and live up to my own expectations of myself and whatever everybody else has I'll … whatever. I can't control that,” she said, smiling.

But of course being gracious in defeat, Gauff did praise Badosa for her superb display. “Paula was playing great. Maybe some moments in the first set could have gone my way, could have been a different outcome in the first set,” Gauff said.

“I think it's just a lot more work to do, but I'm obviously disappointed, but I'm not completely crushed. I'm looking forward to a lot.”

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