“No, he did not choose Zendaya over me”: Coco Gauff reveals why coach Brad Gilbert did not join for Stuttgart Open
WTAThursday, 18 April 2024 at 12:20
America’s tennis star Coco Gauff has revealed that her coach
Brad Gilbert did not snub her to attend a Challengers event. The 20-year-old is
often regarded as one of the most highly-rated players currently playing in
the women’s singles category.
Gauff is currently taking part in the Stuttgart Open where
she won the round of 16 contest against Sachia Vickery with a score of 6-3, 4-6,
7-5. The current world number three was asked after the match why her coach was
not present in the event, to which she responded by saying that Gilbert was only
supposed to come for big events and she decided to ask the coach to step
back.
"No, he did not choose Zendaya over me (smiling),” she
said. “I think I kind of told him to take a step back, especially with starting
with J.C., I wanted him to just be able to work on it on his own and play a
tournament by himself. And also, like, we are going to have two tournaments
together. We're going to spend a lot of time together. If you know Brad, it's
good to take a break sometimes.
"Yeah, he's supposed to come to Madrid. He's not here.
I think when I started with him, he was never going to be coming to every
tournament. Just mainly the big ones, especially in the European part of the
swing, I think, most of the time. We started in the U.S. swing, so it was a lot
easier for him to travel. Even in Australia, he wasn't in Auckland. He came to
Australia.”
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