It was a good learning experience": Gauff discusses the future of her collaboration with Gavin McMillan

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Jules Hypolite

le 22/09/2025 à 15h32

1 min to read

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After surprising everyone by changing her staff at the US Open, Coco Gauff clarified her collaboration with Gavin McMillan, absent for the Asian tour. The world No. 3 explains her strategy and ambitions for 2025.

At the US Open, Gauff decided to shake up her team by parting ways with her two coaches to hire Gavin McMillan, a biomechanics expert, who was supposed to help her work on her serve.

Present in Beijing where she is the defending champion, the world No. 3 confirmed his absence for the Asian tour:

"I am still working with him, but he is not here because we started at the last minute, and he already had things planned for this part of the year. We will work together when I return home. But it was a good learning experience.

I took a break after the US Open, then trained in Florida. The goal is to prepare for next year and consider this tour as a kind of pre-season.

That's what I did last season, and it worked well, so we will see. I think at this time of the year, the goal is always to look for improvements for next year.