(Provided by Tennis World USA)
World No 7 Cori Gauff has added Pere Riba to her coaching staff ahead of Wimbledon, per MARCA. Gauff, 19, split with coach Diego Moyano just before the start of the clay season in April. After traveling alone for the past few months, Gauff has found a new coach.
Pere Riba, a former world No 65, previously worked with rising Chinese star Qinwen Zheng. Gauff, who is aiming to elevate her game and become a Grand Slam champion and world No 1, believes Riba can help her achieve her goals.
Gauff hires Riba after splitting with Moyano
With Moyano, Gauff made a Grand Slam final and entered the top-10 final for the first time in her career. But in April, Gauff and Moyano went their separate ways. “Thank you!
After a fantastic year where we achieve many great things I have to stop working with Coco due to my personal reasons. Thank you so much for this amazing year plenty of memories,” Moyano said. Gauff responded at the time: “Thanks for an incredible year on tour together and a lot of great memories with the team.
I hope you enjoy some quality time at home. As you always say, time to keep building.” During the French Open, Gauff was assisted by Serena Williams’ former Patrick Mouratoglou. But it…
