The Montreal Open is in full swing, and Coco Gauff has edged into round two of the competition after beating Danielle Collins.
Coco Gauff stunned Nick Kyrgios and other pundits when she lost in the first round of Wimbledon to Dayana Yastremska.
That defeat came just weeks after Gauff won a second Grand Slam title by beating Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open final.
Kim Clijsters thinks Gauff made a big mistake ahead of Wimbledon and now she will be fully focused on having a sound second half of the year.
Gauff didn’t play in Washington last week and although she beat Collins in her maiden Montreal Open match, a bad habit once again crept into her game.
Coco Gauff has serious double-fault problem to solve
Gauff was on the court for almost three hours against Collins and once again, the double-fault situation has reared its ugly head.
It’s no secret that Gauff simply throws too many double-faults into her game and the lack of concentration is absolutely crippling her at times.
Nobody on the WTA Tour has more double faults than Gauff this year and she recorded another 23 against Collins in Montreal.
Given that Gauff is the second best player in world tennis – as per the rankings – it simply isn’t good enough and now something has to give.
Gauff has to draw inspiration from Sabalenka
It’s only natural for a professional athlete to have a flaw and the best players are capable of ironing these things out and growing as a player.
In October of last year, Sabalenka confessed to The Telegraph that she’d been leaving no stone unturned to transform her serve after a high percentage of double faults.
The world number one isn’t even in the top five on the list for double faults this year, and quite clearly, whatever she’s been doing behind the scenes has paid dividends.
It’s hard to argue too much with Gauff’s form this year, given that she would have taken winning another Grand Slam as a successful year before a ball was served.
However, the situation regarding her double-fault habit is becoming perilous, and the longer it goes on the more of a problem it will become.
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