Coco choking on the big points

[ollie707]

19 Double Faults.(DF) 11 in the third set:.1 0-0 40-0 up. 2 1-1 40-40 3 1-1second 40-40 , 4 1-1 adv. Navarro, 5 3-1 Navarro15-15 , 6 4-2 Navarro 30-0 ,7 4-2 Navarro 30-15 , 8 4-2 Navarro 40-30 9 5-3 Navarro 0-0 10 5-3 Navarro 15-15 11 5-3 Navarro30-30
So three DF in game 3,7,8 My take would be that she is making technical erros putting too much pressure on herself on the big points.

[don_budge]

19 Double Faults.(DF) 11 in the third set:.1 0-0 40-0 up. 2 1-1 40-40 3 1-1second 40-40 , 4 1-1 adv. Navarro, 5 3-1 Navarro15-15 , 6 4-2 Navarro 30-0 ,7 4-2 Navarro 30-15 , 8 4-2 Navarro 40-30 9 5-3 Navarro 0-0 10 5-3 Navarro 15-15 11 5-3 Navarro30-30
So three DF in game 3,7,8 My take would be that she is making technical erros putting too much pressure on herself on the big points.

There was a bit of pressure on Ms. Gauff after having lost to Emma NAVARRO at Wimbledon. Pressure tends to shine a glaring light on weaknesses. Gauff's forehand and her serve deserted her at times when it was crucial. I don't understand the problems with the serve. Perhaps lack of clarity or tactics. It is the forehand that is the glaring problem. So...if her forehand and the serve desert her at crunch time what is left?

[stroke]

There was a bit of pressure on Ms. Gauff after having lost to Emma NAVARRO at Wimbledon. Pressure tends to shine a glaring light on weaknesses. Gauff's forehand and her serve deserted her at times when it was crucial. I don't understand the problems with the serve. Perhaps lack of clarity or tactics. It is the forehand that is the glaring problem. So...if her forehand and the serve desert her at crunch time what is left?

Well, Al Davis used to say "just win baby". What you are referring to is "just lose baby".

[jimlosaltos]

19 Double Faults.(DF) 11 in the third set:.1 0-0 40-0 up. 2 1-1 40-40 3 1-1second 40-40 , 4 1-1 adv. Navarro, 5 3-1 Navarro15-15 , 6 4-2 Navarro 30-0 ,7 4-2 Navarro 30-15 , 8 4-2 Navarro 40-30 9 5-3 Navarro 0-0 10 5-3 Navarro 15-15 11 5-3 Navarro30-30
So three DF in game 3,7,8 My take would be that she is making technical erros putting too much pressure on herself on the big points.

I haven't watched this match, but at Wimbledon it appeared that Navarro was simply hitting middle with great depth until Coco missed.

Not dissing Navarro, who moves really well and has a nice forehand, but all of Coco's tremendous athleticism, power and extraordinary speed are negated by, let's call it 'Inability to build points"?

Coco is still only 20 years old.

[jeffreycounts]

She needs to read “Winning Ugly”

[jimlosaltos]

She needs to read “Winning Ugly”

Ouch! But funny. Maybe BG needs to write a new chapter?

But seriously ... Craig O'Shannessy/ATP noted that Coco upped her service speed noticeably vs Navarro just when she needed to dial it back and get some in.

[jimlosaltos]

Coco's new coach. ( Point? Upgrade? )

"Coco Gauff hopes to "reset" and "refresh" after bringing in a new coach following the end of her 14-month partnership with Brad Gilbert. The 2023 US Open champion told the WTA website that she has added Matt Daly to work alongside her longtime coach, Jean-Christophe Faurel."

From tennis gazette

"Daly and Faurel will now work together to help Gauff target further Grand Slam glory after a largely frustrating record in 2024. She also lost to Navarro in the fourth round of Wimbledon and left the Australian Open plus the French Open in the semi-finals over the 2024 season."

"Since becoming a coach, Daly has worked with numerous ATP Tour players who have ranked among the top 100. But he was often just a low-level feature among various coaching teams before Daly began working with Denis Shapovalov in May 2023 and for the rest of that year."

[stotty]

I did watch Coco for a spell when she won the US Open. She's an extraordinary athlete and defender. I think the best I've seen. I have always felt there is a serious question mark on her forehand but then she did win a slam with it so maybe it's not as bad as I thought.

[jimlosaltos]

After firing Brad Gilbert, Coco has hired a relatively unknown, Matt Daly, reportedly a "Grip Specialist" to coach along side her long-time coach Jean-Christophe Faurel.
I didn't even know there was such a thing.

Brad clearly gave Coco an instant boost, helping her jump up the rankings and win her only major, the US Open. But after she sagged this year and fired Brad, speculation was that BG is mainly a strategic coach and Coco clearly needs technical help with both her forehand and her serve. So, she might bring in someone like, perhaps Wim Fissette, a technical coach that worked with the likes of numerous world number one players, including Victoria Azarenka, Kim Clijsters, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, and Naomi Osaka.

Well, she went for a techie, apparently, but hardly one with the track record you'd expect to join a player who has already won a major.

Perhaps Daly will be a great new coach. Good luck to both.

Matt Daly background from Tennis Gazette:

Daly has worked with numerous ATP Tour players who have ranked among the top 100. But he was often just a low-level feature among various coaching teams before Daly began working with Denis Shapovalov in May 2023 and for the rest of that year.

Daly largely played on the Pro Futures Circuit, a part of the USTA Pro Circuit, while trying to make a name for himself. His coaching career then started largely on a part-time basis owing to family reasons, working beside Brian Barker at the Tennis Club of Trumbull in Connecticut.

Beside the former NCAA champion Mark Merklein, Daly also helped to create Grip MD. It is a training device designed to aid players of all levels learn how to execute a proper volley or serve. But his playing career hardly took off after being Notre Dame’s No1 collegiate talent.

[don_budge]

Double fault on match point against. Choke? Nah...it was a tough match with a very unfortunate ending.