Serena Williams’ ex-coach Patrick Mouratoglou identified three reasons behind Coco Gauff’s French Open loss to Iga Swiatek with “technical issues on the forehand” being one of the biggest reasons since the Pole heavily exploited that.
On Thursday, reigning US Open champion Gauff was hoping to reach her third Grand Slam final but didn’t succeed in her goal after Swiatek easily handled the business against her and gave her a 6-2 6-4 loss.
When the match started, it was evident that Gauff wanted to be aggressive and not wait for anything. But unfortunately for Gauff, it wasn’t really working as the American dropped her serve in the first and fifth games but also missed out on break points in the second and fourth games.
Early in the second set, Gauff earned her first break of the match for a 3-1 lead but then lost the next four games as Swiatek went on to complete a two-set win.
Reflecting on the match, Mouratoglou says it was pretty evident that a big part of Swiatek’s game was to target Gauff’s forehand – which many believe still needs technical improvements despite the 20-year-old’s success. Then, Mouratoglou said that it didn’t look that Gauff “had a real game plan” and also added…
