Unscheduled season break could benefit a young player with the world at her feet – at just 16, a first major is hers to take
Coco Gauff’s career is idling along with those of all her locked-down rivals, but her mentor, Patrick Mouratoglou, who has guided Serena Williams to 10 of her 23 grand slams, thinks the American teenager can win a major whenever the tour resumes.
“I can see Coco getting to a final and winning a grand slam,” he says, “and I feel she is not that far away.”
Written by Kevin Mitchell
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/23/coco-gauff-grand-slam-title-tennis-prodigy under the title “Grand slam title waits for Coco Gauff, the tennis prodigy with talent to burn | Kevin Mitchell”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
