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Maria Sharapova has some recommendation for Coco Gauff, who lately fired tennis coach Brad Gilbert.
“I feel Coco has an incredible head on her shoulders and is aware of that there will probably be modifications in her group all through the years,” Sharapova, 37, solely instructed Us Weekly on the Stella Artois ‘Let’s do Dinner Summer season Sequence’ occasion in New York Metropolis on Thursday, September 19.
“What you want at a sure level in your profession is just not what you want later in your profession,” the retired tennis participant continued. “I used to be very lucky with the groups that I had. I nonetheless stay very near all of my coaches. They’re such huge group members they usually carry a lot weight. A group is admittedly necessary.”
Sharapova added, “It takes time to construct belief and be taught from [your team] and settle for their recommendation. Nevertheless it’s a enjoyable journey.”
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Gilbert, 63, introduced through X on Wednesday, September 18, that he and Gauff, 20, had parted methods after an intense summer time 2024 season. “Coco, at simply 20 years younger, your future is extremely brilliant, and I want you nothing however continued success forward,” Gilbert wrote. “I’m excited for the following chapter in my teaching profession.”
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Gilbert beforehand coached gamers akin to Andre Agassi, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick, and began working with Gauff in July 2023 as co-coach with Pere Riba. Beneath his teaching, Gauff grew to become the No. 2 rating participant of all time final summer time. She snagged her first Grand Slam title in September 2023 and received three extra titles that summer time in Washington D.C., Cincinnati and on the U.S. Open.
Nevertheless, throughout the 2024 season, the younger tennis star skilled setbacks after dropping to fellow American Emma Navarro within the final two Grand Slams after which didn’t medal on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Parting methods from a coach is one thing Sharapova is aware of about all too nicely. In 2008, after profitable her third Grand Slam in Australia, the Russian tennis star requested her coach and father, Yuri Sharapov, to step again from the position he had fulfilled for nearly her total profession.
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“At that time, I had simply received my third Grand Slam,” she instructed Us. “Maybe in a special scenario or [for] a special participant, that wouldn’t be a time to cease along with your coach or your father, however I simply needed to fly by myself. I needed to determine issues out. I used to be in my early 20s and I simply felt prepared, although he nonetheless remained a giant a part of my profession.”
Regardless of firing her dad, Sharapova shared with Us that she and Yuri stay “very shut.”
“I’m an solely little one and I’m very near each of my mother and father,” she shared. “They’ve simply been fantastic influences in my life. We’ve shared a lot by my sport and my upbringing collectively. We got here to a brand new nation at a younger age, so we have been a bit of group. I’m grateful that I had them by my facet.”
Sharapova retired from tennis in February 2020.
