Coco Gauff splits with coach Daly ahead of U.S. Open

Two-times Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff has parted methods with coach Matthew Daly simply days earlier than the beginning of the U.S. Open, ESPN reported on Wednesday.

World quantity three Gauff will proceed to work with longtime coach Jean-Christophe Faurel and has additionally introduced biomechanics specialist Gavin MacMillan.

She was seen coaching on Wednesday on the Billie Jean King Tennis Heart in New York with each Faurel and MacMillan, who beforehand labored with world primary Aryna Sabalenka, serving to her together with her serve and forehand.

Gauff’s personal serve has been underneath scrutiny. She dedicated 42 double faults in simply three matches on the Canadian Open earlier this month, a part of a season-long sample that has seen her rack up a tour-leading 320.

Underneath Daly and Faurel, Gauff loved a number of the greatest outcomes of her profession, together with profitable the WTA 1000 China Open, the WTA Finals, and this 12 months’s French Open. Nevertheless, her latest kind has dipped, with simply 4 singles wins since Roland Garros and a first-round exit at Wimbledon.

The U.S. Open important draw begins Sunday, with 2023 champion Gauff set to seem in a Thursday evening exhibition at Arthur Ashe Stadium.