Tennis

Coco Gauff Divides with Coach Brad Gilbert

.Coco Gauff of the USA has split along with trainer Brad Gilbert. Photograph through Robert Prange/Getty Images.
The travel ends for the Coco Gauff-Brad Gilbert alliance..
The 2023 US Open champ Gauff and train Gilbert have actually split firm, ending their relationship of 14 months..
" Thanks Coco Gauff as well as the entire staff for a completely outstanding summer season operate in 2023 and also for 14 months of astonishing synergy," Gilbert posted on social media sites. "Coco, at only 20 years youthful, your future is actually extremely brilliant, and also I desire you only proceeded results ahead of time.
" I'm thrilled for the following section in my Mentoring profession.".
With the help of @CocoGauff and also the entire staff for a completely fantastic summer season operate in 2023 as well as for 14 months of unbelievable team effort. Coco, at merely twenty years young, your future is actually unbelievably brilliant, and also I wish you just continued results ahead of time. I am actually thrilled for the following ...-- Brad Gilbert (@bgtennisnation) September 18, 2024.
The crack implies both coaches that led Gauff to the 2023 United States Open champion-- Gilbert and also Pere Riba-- are no longer dealing with the Delray Beach-born baseliner. Riba left behind shortly after Gauff gained the United States Open as well as has actually been coaching Olympic gold-medal champion Zheng Qinwen.


At the 2023 United States Open, Gauff moved previous Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 to catch her initial significant before a rowdy crowd on Arthur Ashe Coliseum.
It was actually Gauff's 12th straight win and also followed she came to be the youngest woman to win the Cincinnati Open. At age 19, Gauff became the youngest American to gain the US Open because her ping pong hero, a 17-year-old Serena Williams, defeated globe No. 1 Martina Hingis in the 1999 last. She likewise signed up with Serena Williams and also Tracy Austin as the third American adolescent female to capture the US Open up in the Open Time.