{"id":18767,"date":"2025-08-21T22:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/us-open-2025-coco-gauff-turns-to-aryna-sabalenkas-former-biomechanics-coach-on-eve-of-grand-slam\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:30:48","slug":"us-open-2025-coco-gauff-turns-to-aryna-sabalenkas-former-biomechanics-coach-on-eve-of-grand-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/us-open-2025-coco-gauff-turns-to-aryna-sabalenkas-former-biomechanics-coach-on-eve-of-grand-slam\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open 2025: Coco Gauff turns to Aryna Sabalenka’s former biomechanics coach on eve of Grand Slam"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Tweaking technique heading into a tournament with such frenzied attention and high stakes feels like a risky move, but it might pay off for a player who is often able to recover mentally from technical malfunctions during matches.<\/p>\n

However, hitting 16 double faults in her Cincinnati exit angainst Italy’s Jasmine Paolini was a final straw, and prompted immediate action.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Gauff stayed on the practice courts with MacMillan in persistent rain – showing the lengths she is going to in order to fine-tune her game before the singles starts on Sunday.<\/p>\n

MacMillan’s anatomical study of Sabalenka focused on improving her fluidity, weight shift and angles, working intensely on her forehand as well as her serve.<\/p>\n

It led to the Belarusian’s transformation from a top-10 player into a Grand Slam-winning champion who has dominated the WTA Tour for most of the past two years.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Performance-Plus Tennis last year,, external<\/span><\/a> MacMillan spoke about the difficulties of improving technique with limited practice time during the grind of the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n

The Canadian, who played ice hockey as a teenager before switching to a tennis scholarship, has little time before Gauff begins her US Open campaign.<\/p>\n

Therefore, rebuilding her confidence is likely to be as important as technique before Gauff faces Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic – ranked 84th in the world – in the first round at Flushing Meadows in several days’ time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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