{"id":287825,"date":"2023-09-07T07:04:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T07:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287825"},"modified":"2023-09-07T07:04:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T07:04:10","slug":"andy-murrays-ex-coach-keeping-coco-gauff-smiling-as-star-eyes-us-open-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/andy-murrays-ex-coach-keeping-coco-gauff-smiling-as-star-eyes-us-open-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray’s ex-coach keeping Coco Gauff smiling as star eyes US Open title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coco Gauff has pledged to keep on smiling as Cocomania is cranked up to fever pitch before she bids to reach her first US Open final. And she has revealed Andy Murray\u2019s former coach is helping her to \u201cenjoy\u201d her tennis again.<\/p>\n

The No.6 seed is the first American teenager to reach the semi-finals herd since 19-year-old Serena Williams in 2001. And with the retirement of the 23-time Grand Slam singles winner her last year, Gauff has become the new queen of Queens at her home Grand Slam watched by NBA and Hollywood stars.<\/p>\n

In the city that never sleeps, there is no rest from the hype. Her former coach Patrick Patrick Mouratoglou declared: \u201cShe is ready for greatness.\u201d Her potential first attracted global attention when the then 15-year-old beat Venus Williams at Wimbledon in 2019.<\/p>\n

But after she lost in the first round in SW19, she appointed a new coaching team of veteran Brad Gilbert – who worked with Murray in 2006-07 – and Spaniard Pere Riba. And has won 16 out of 17 matches since – including titles in Washington and Cincinnati – before facing Czech No.10 seed and self-confessed \u201ctough cookie\u201d Karolina Muchova tonight.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wish I embraced the fun parts a little bit sooner,\u201d said Gauff, 19. \u201cI thought to play and win you have to be ultra serious and ultra focused but also you still have to enjoy it. I think the change is that I’m having more fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the first things Braid said before he started coaching with me was you need to smile more. I was a little bit surprised. I started to think and I was like: Yeah, I do\u2019. That’s something I’m trying to work on and obviously I think it’s helping my results.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s just putting my life into perspective. At first I used to think negative things, like: \u2018Why is there so much pressure, why is this so hard, blah, blah, blah?’ I realise it’s pressure but it’s not. There are people struggling to feed their families, people who don’t know where their next meal is going to come from, people who have to pay their bills. That’s real pressure, that’s real hardship, that’s real life. In a very privileged position, I’m getting paid to do what I love and getting support to do what I love.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI told myself: \u2018Man, I should enjoy this. I\u2019m having so much fun doing it. I should not think about the results, I\u2019m living a very lucky life and I\u2019m so blessed. I feel emotionally fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben Shelton, 20, joined the young American wave at the US Open by beating Frances Tiafoe to set up a Friday semi-final with Novak Djokovic. \u201cIt’s pretty cool for me to be a part of it,\u201d he said. \u201cI love to see American tennis going in a great direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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