Coco Gauff is LOST and making too many mistakes says Patrick McEnroe following her defeat to Iga Swiatek at the French Open
Patrick McEnroe analyzes what went wrong for Coco Gauff against Iga Swiatek.
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American World No.6 Coco Gauff‘s poor display against Iga Swiatek in the quarter-finals of the French Open has triggered Patrick McEnroe. The loss was by a score line of 4-6, 2-6. He openly criticized the American teen for not pushing herself enough against the World’s number one player. This was Gauff’s seventh loss against the Polish player in the same number of matches. Four were played on hard and three were on clay, but she was not able to get even a single win against her.
To this, McEnroe said on the Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe podcast, “Coco, because of this shakiness on her forehand wing, she kind of went to this play. This kind of play is where she was just being super consistent, playing with a lot of spin. It was good enough to get to the quarters and to stay in the match for a while in the first set but she had no real ability to hit big on the forehand.”
McEnroe continued, “And Swiatek, she can hurt you off both wings. Despite Coco being a great competitor, she is gonna have to shore up the forehand side to where she can play with safety and margin. But she can also attack. Right now, she’s kinda lost on what she wants to do. Gauff doesn’t feel like she can really go for the shots consistently because she makes too many errors.”
Coco Gauff – Jessica Pegula duo has reached the French Open doubles semis
The American duo of Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff has reached the last four of the French Open for the second time in a row. Despite the poor performance in the singles event, both the top-10 ranked players have played brilliant tennis in doubles so far. The World No. 3 Jessica Pegula’s singles journey ended in round three against Elise Mertens.
The iconic American duo fell in the finals of the French Open last year despite starting the match in great form and winning the first set. They eventually fell against the Caroline Garcia-Kristina Mladenovic by a scoreline of 6-2, 3-6, 2-6. The Coco Gauff-Jessica Pegula duo were able to reach the Australian Open semi-finals also this year where Shuko Aoyama – Ena Shibahara pair from Japan rolled over them in straights. The Japanese duo went on to lose in the finals later.
Leylah Fernandes –Taylor Townsend pair awaits them in the last four here. The American duo is yet to win a Grand Slam title despite being ranked two in doubles and made two Grand Slam finals until now – one each in the French and US Open.
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