Maria Sharapova Has Advice for Coco Gauff After Firing Tennis Coach

Maria Sharapova has some recommendation for Coco Gauff, who lately fired tennis coach Brad Gilbert.

“I believe Coco has an incredible head on her shoulders and is aware of that there might be modifications in her group all through the years,” Sharapova, 37, completely 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 will not be 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 basically essential.”

Sharapova added, “It takes time to construct belief and study from [your team] and settle for their recommendation. However it’s a enjoyable journey.”

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Gilbert, 63, introduced by way of X on Wednesday, September 18, that he and Gauff, 20, had parted methods after an intense summer season 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.”

Gilbert beforehand coached gamers resembling Andre Agassi, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick, and began working with Gauff in July 2023 as co-coach with Pere Riba. Underneath his teaching, Gauff turned the No. 2 rating participant of all time final summer season. She snagged her first Grand Slam title in September 2023 and gained three extra titles that summer season in Washington D.C., Cincinnati and on the U.S. Open.

Nevertheless, in the course of the 2024 season, the younger tennis star skilled setbacks after shedding to fellow American Emma Navarro within the final two Grand Slams after which did not 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 gained my third Grand Slam,” she instructed Us. “Maybe in a distinct state of affairs or [for] a distinct participant, that wouldn’t be a time to cease along with your coach or your father, however I simply wished to fly by myself. I wished to determine issues out. I used to be in my early 20s and I simply felt prepared, though 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 baby and I’m very near each of my dad and mom,” she shared. “They’ve simply been fantastic influences in my life. We’ve shared a lot by way of my sport and my upbringing collectively. We got here to a brand new nation at a younger age, so we had been a little bit group. I’m grateful that I had them by my facet.”

Sharapova retired from tennis in February 2020.