Andy Roddick thinks Coco Gauff has one "superpower" and that's discovering a option to win matches and titles when her recreation is much from superb.
Getting into 2025, the 21-year-old has two Grand Slam titles below her belt, a WTA Finals crowd, and has been ranked a number of instances at No. 2 on the earth.
Whereas Gauff has achieved huge success at a younger age, it isn’t a secret that she has typically struggled together with her serve – particularly double faults. Additionally, the American's backhand has been questionable at instances. Nonetheless, she has received rather a lot over the previous couple of years.
On the newest episode of his Served podcast for 2025, Roddick took a second to present credit score to Gauff for by no means shying away to get "uncomfortable" on the courtroom and win "ugly" when issues aren't going proper. The 2003 US Open champion additionally said that the present world No. 3 might be the one participant within the recreation who can have 20+ double faults in a match and nonetheless finish on the successful aspect.
Roddick: To win persistently below such robust circumstances is Gauff's superpower
“To undergo issues which can be bodily and mentally not working and to get via it and win persistently is a superpower. There isn’t any world the place anybody else on earth will be coping with 20 or 25 double faults and we’re wanting up and at scale, not for a event, yearly she is 2 on the earth, three on the earth. She doesn’t depart these positions," Roddick mentioned on his podcast.
“It doesn’t matter how a lot we see her battle. We now have to present credit score the place credit score is due for Coco sooner or later. To undergo issues which can be bodily and mentally not working and to get via it and win persistently is a superpower. If the losses are ugly, I don’t care. She is the perfect on the earth at being uncomfortable on a given day and getting a win.”
In August, Gauff employed Gavin MacMillan – the identical biomechanics knowledgeable who famously fastened Aryna Sabalenka's serve in 2022.
Gauff confirmed some enchancment on her serve already in late 2025, however the actual influence is predicted to be seen at first of 2026 after she and MacMillan concluded their first offseason collectively.
