Andy Roddick acclaims Coco Gauff
Andy Roddick acclaims Coco Gauff’s dad Corey
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Andy Roddick has communicated his deference for Coco Gauff’s dad, Corey, extolling him for challenging the negative history related with female players being trained by their dads.
Coco Gauff’s mentor, Brad Gilbert, looked for help from his previous protege, Roddick, to further develop the World No. 3’s serve in front of her mission at the Australian Open. Roddick obliged, putting in a couple of days with the 19-year-old and her group, including her dad, during which time he acquired understanding into the group’s functions.
On the debut episode of the ‘Presented with Andy Roddick’ digital recording, Roddick talked about the predominant negative pattern of female players being instructed by their dads. He portrayed a portion of these dads as “sociopaths” and reckless, as mentors as well as guardians.
“Likewise, it’s been spoken about a smidgen yet it should be spoken about more. Especially in our sport, where fathers of female tennis players have a bad record of being psychopaths and irresponsible to humans as a whole. “Not the tennis, but the whole human being,” he declared at 49:56.
In any case, the previous World No. 1 underlined that Coco Gauff’s dad, Corey, stood apart as a “intriguing” exemption because of his capacity to step back and permit his little girl’s mentors to assume responsibility for her preparation. In contrast to the numerous “cautionary tales” associated with other fathers in women’s tennis, Roddick distinguished him.
“Corey Gauff was here additionally and his capacity to not be the focal point of consideration, needn’t bother with the data to come from him, that is interesting and it seems like something that ought to be plain to see and it’s not. Throughout the entire existence of our game it isn’t,” Roddick said.
He went on to say, “There are a lot of cautionary tales, and I won’t name them out of respect for the people who are on the wrong side of those cautionary tales, but it has been widespread in our sport.”
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Andy Roddick on Coco Gauff’s dad Corey’s methodology: ” Coco Gauff and her father Corey Andy Roddick also revealed that, despite having in-depth knowledge about the statistical data related to his daughter’s game, Coco Gauff’s father, Corey, willingly took a back seat after the 19-year-old suffered a shock first round exit at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. I hope this sets an example for other tennis parents, especially of young females.
“So, to find someone who says, “Listen, it’s not about me after Wimbledon.” He knows a ton. He said it (at 50:44): “He knew exactly what she [Coco Gauff] was holding, he knew if she could hold 6% more service games, what the AI projections were and what that meant for match wins.” Like he knew data sets, he also knew exactly what she was holding.
Roddick further lauded Corey Gauff for permitting Brad Gilbert to take care of the World No. 3, while additionally inviting Roddick’s recommendation to join the conflict. The 41-year-old communicated idealism that Corey’s methodology would act as a positive model for other tennis guardians training female players.
“The folks has considered and he is dialed [in] and for him to sort of take a secondary lounge and allow Brad to be Brad, which is a bizarre circle in itself, and let me, who he doesn’t know have anything to do with her serve for several days, similar to Bravo. It should be said again and again. I trust this makes point of reference for other tennis guardians, particularly of youthful females,” he added.
At this year’s Australian Open, Coco Gauff reached her first semifinal match, but she lost in straight sets to eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka.
