“Don’t think we were in sync” – Coco Gauff reveals incoordination with coach Brad Gilbert and team during loss to Emma Navarro in Wimbledon 4R

Coco Gauff crashed out of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships’ women’s singles draw on Sunday, July 7, with a devastating loss to Emma Navarro in the fourth round. Navarro bettered Gauff in straight sets on Centre Court in an hour and 16 minutes.

Coco Gauff crashed out of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships’ women’s singles draw on Sunday, July 7, with a devastating loss to Emma Navarro in the fourth round. Navarro bettered Gauff in straight sets on Centre Court in an hour and 16 minutes.

Gauff could convert only one break point opportunity on Navarro’s serve but the latter converted three. Also, she committed a total of 25 unforced errors and three double faults to concede a 4-6, 3-6 loss to her compatriot. Navarro, the 19th seed, will now face Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in the quarterfinals.In the press conference that followed, the second seed revealed incoordination between herself and the team including coach Brad Gilbert and Jean-Cristophe Faurel.

“It has happened before… I wouldn’t say it has happened before with maybe the combination of JC and Brad. It’s happened before in the past where I felt like I needed more direction, they usually give me something,” Gauff said (at 1:57).
She, however, blamed no one but herself for the unfortunate result in London.
“I felt as today, I don’t think we were all in sync, but it’s no one’s blame except myself. I’m the player out there, I have to make decisions about myself on the court,” she added.

This was notably Coco Gauff’s second duel with Emma Navarro, who has now equaled the head-to-head tally at 1-1.