Coco Gauff gave the impression of an ‘arrogant’ person claims coach Pere Riba disclosing the icy interaction between them

Coco Gauff will be in pursuit of her first ever Grand Slam win at the US Open in 2023.

Coco Gauff gave the impression of an ‘arrogant’ person claims coach Pere Riba disclosing the icy interaction between them

Coco Gauff (L), Pere Riba (R) (Source: Wikipedia)

Spanish tennis coach Pere Riba recently disclosed a conversation that he had with American tennis player Coco Gauff and claimed she was arrogant. As per the tennis professional, the young prodigy was slightly arrogant when they first met, as he knew nothing about her. However, more interestingly, Coco Gauff recently hired Riba as her new coach. 

“I don’t know; the few times I’d seen her, she always went to her ball and hardly spoke, so I thought she would have a totally different character. We laughed a lot because she confessed to me that she thought exactly the same about me (laughs),” said the former world No. 65. 

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However, now that Riba has had a proper interaction with the young prodigy, his perception of her has changed completely. He now thinks that she is a humble and brilliant human being.

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He said that Coco is very hardworking and humble, and he only has words of high praise for her. She also praised how she is so attentive to everyone and always ready to sign autographs. Pere Riba finally concluded that he now understands why everyone loves the youngster so dearly. 

“I only have spectacular words to define her, she is a brutal girl. Very good people, super attentive to everyone, always ready to sign autographs with the fans. Now I understand why everyone loves Coco,” he said.

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Coco Gauff looks to win her very first Grand Slam in the 2023 US Open 

Coco Gauff (Source: People Magazine)

Coco Gauff has been in phenomenal form throughout the ongoing season. She recently won the Cincinnati Open, beating Iga Swiatek for the first time in her career in the semi-final of the tournament. Earlier, she had also won the Citi Open. 

The sixth seed at the US Open will thus head into the tournament with utmost confidence, and she is widely considered the favorite to win the Grand Slam. If she is able to do so, it will also be the very first Grand Slam of Coco Gauff’s career. She will be starting her US Open with her round 1 match against Laura Siegemund. 

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