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Tennis Coach Eric Riley kindly granted an interview to Tennis World USA, in which he focused his attention on US tennis.
The former coach of Pam Shriver and Lisa Raymond and founder of TeamRiley Tennis Inc. analyzed the current differences in American men’s and women’s tennis, focusing both on the stars who are achieving excellent results on the WTA and ATP Tours, and on the importance of the US collegiate system.
Riley has experienced the full evolution of many tennis players over his four decades coaching top players on the Tour.
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US Tennis is benefiting form in influx of super talent. The American men’s player results are improving but we haven’t won a grand Slam since Andy Roddick. We need to see the American players making the adjustments to not only stay in the top of the rankings but also to win. Something is wrong, we aren’t winning the Slam.
Gauff has not limitations. If she improves her forehand,…
