Andy Roddick said he "could not be happier" for Coco Gauff and coach Brad Gilbert following the 19-year-old's US Open win. In the US Open final, Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 to lift her first Grand Slam title. "Cccccccooooooooooccccccccooooooo !!!!!!!!! Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!" Roddick wrote moments after Gauff's win.
Cccccccooooooooooccccccccooooooo !!!!!!!!! Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
— andyroddick (@andyroddick) September 9, 2023
In 2003, coach Gilbert guided Roddick to his first and lone Grand Slam win at the US Open. After losing in the Wimbledon first round, Gauff added Gilbert to her coaching staff for the North American hard court swing. "@bgtennisnation, @CocoGauff Just epic. Couldn’t be happier for BG and Coco!" Roddick wrote in another post.
Roddick applauded Gauff's decision to hire Gilbert.. @bgtennisnation @CocoGauff Just epic. Couldn’t be happier for BG and Coco ! pic.twitter.com/7gopdp43pA
— andyroddick (@andyroddick) September 10, 2023
This summer on hard courts, Gauff went 18-1 and won titles at the US Open, Cincinnati and Washington. Last month, Roddick explained why Gauff struck gold with her decision to hire Gilbert. "Brad is a genius at taking very complex things and simplifying them. We’re going to focus on these two things out of the gate and we’re going to do it all practice right. Then those things are covered, three days later we’re going to add in something else. He’s very good at layering in information and simplifying gameplay. He’s a master strategist, there’ll be no shot that any one of the opponents is going to hit, there's one they hit sometimes and one they hit under pressure, he’s very good at finding the differentiators between those two because they’re not always the same. Her being able to get in and coming into the net, I feel like she’s making those decisions before she’s actually hitting an approach shot. There’s a sense of commitment to it all. Sticking the forehand cross court, taking big swings on the backhand, mixing up pace up the line, I just couldn’t love what I’m seeing from Coco Gauff more right now," Roddick said on Tennis Channel in August.
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