Kim Clijsters says what Coco Gauff needs to do next time she faces Iga Swiatek to stand a chance of winning

Despite reaching the semi-finals, it still felt like Coco Gauff didn’t quite reach the heights that many had hoped she would at Roland Garros.

And whilst she was thwarted by Iga Swiatek, which is nothing to be ashamed of, the manner in which she was comfortably dispatched disappointed.

Naomi Osaka had shown exactly how to disrupt the world number one, but Gauff just could not follow suit, and despite winning the doubles title, her chance to reach a singles final she likely would have won was scuppered.

Fortunately, given their respective youth, she will have many opportunities to make amends over the next decade or so, and Gauff did at least get branded the best doubles player on tour by Sam Querry.

Kim Clijsters offers Coco Gauff advice
Speaking on the Served with Andy Roddick podcast, Kim Clijsters and Andy Roddick could not have discussed the French Open without handing out huge praise to the women’s winner.

Swiatek was imperious on her route to the final, and despite Jasmine Paolini’s fine run, she never stood a chance. But, then again, neither did Gauff.

The 20-year-old was brushed aside by the world number one in straight sets, and led these two pundits to question what went wrong.

They landed on Swiatek’s brilliance as a huge factor, but Clijsters did have some advice for Gauff going into their next clash: ‘I see from the point of what could damage Iga a bit more is if you could attack her forehand, not just once or twice but keep going, three or four times in a row and put a lot of pressure on that side.