Gauff and the secret of career repair

*Gauff-Vekic: 6h on August 29, Hanoi time. The score at the same time of competition for three hours is enough to catch the hard and hard troop of Gauff, the main cause still comes from the inherent issue: double serve errors. This match, the host representative made 10 errors.

After 49 matches this season, Gauff "Consolidate" the number one in the list of the most double bugs with 330 times, far ahead of the number two Alycia Parks to more than 100 errors. An unbelievable and unacceptable parameters of the player holding the world's number.

is not until now, the double error has haunted Gauff. Since the background of Roland Garros, the problem has become alarming. At Wimbledon, nine serve errors contributed to the shock of Dayana Yastremska in the first round. Coming to Canada expanded, Gauff made 43 mistakes in three matches, with the peak of the nightmare against Danielle Collins when American player Pham came ... 23 double bugs.

In addition to the player on the other side of the net, Gauff now has another opponent on the pitch that she also aspires to control, it is the serve. After several solutions, Gauff decided to stop the small adjustment and gradually. Instead, the 21 -year -old player will proceed with the "great surgery" that has become a part of the skill from the first day of his career. Without hesitation, Gauff did this right before the US expansion, then practiced in the most important tournament with her during the year, despite the risk of defeating the appearance when the new interface was incomplete. "I do not want to continue wasting time to do things wrong ". Jannik Sinner had to add fierce attacks, not just playing safely at the end of the yard, waiting for the opponent to make mistakes. In contrast, Iga Swiatek, when she learned more patience in durable ball lines, instead of just hard attacking, looking for Winner.

Changing herself was never a simple thing. It may come from the most basic adjustments, such as holding handle, swinging rackets or choosing ball contact points on the racket. Over the years, Gauff had to struggle, tired in testing, repairing, and then established a new style in the serve, the most important but also most complicated hit. On the effective day, it was a powerful weapon, often reaching a speed of more than 200 km/h and made the opponent bewildered when Gauff had not yet returned to a balanced position. If not delivered, fans are not too surprised to see her throw away a set of bugs.

Over the past year, Gauff tried to improve with the new type of grip under the guidance of coach Matt Daly, but the core limitations in the serve still remain. However, thanks to other premium skills, Gauff still won an additional Grand Slam, as well as WTA Finals and used to rank the number two world at this time.

but Gauff wanted to sustain more sustainably. She was bored with the deputy wearing the results of the serve for one or two weeks. Speaking like Gauff, she felt wasting time. Finally, she said goodbye to coach Dally to shake hands with Gavin Macmillan right before the US expansion. According to Macmillan, the player made a double mistake because their series of serve movements was ineffective, or not repeated according to the necessary standards in many pressure situations..

before becoming a coach specializing in serve, Macmillan was once the main player of San Jose State University, and also had difficulty with the serve. Later, he spent a lot of time researching on the body's movement, and at the same time working with Pete Sampras to find the "formula " for the serve.

and one of the beneficiaries, Aryna Sabalenka. Three years ago, from a typical tennis player with a poor coping ability under pressure, Sabalenka went straight to the expanded US semi -finals. Thanks to Macmillan, Belarus player reduced the number of double errors down to one digit per game. It is a turning point with Sabalenka.

with experience, expertise and detail, Macmillan has really changed the way Sabalenka serve. Observing the student in the early days, he said that she was completely wrong, when the knuckles were facing up instead of her palm. Macmillan also showed her the error when holding the racket, with the surface heading to the ground and turning back. He even mentioned the position of Sabalenka's left hand in the wrong place after launching the ball, causing the shoulder to be limited to movement and limit the reach of the ball. Now, Sabalenka is the world's number one tennis player as the expanded American defending champion. Sabalenka said she needed a few weeks of training to feel new movements have really belonged to her. Gauff did not have so much time, so that it was raining unable to prevent her from gathering at the Billie Jean King complex last week.

of course Gauff needs more time for the body to master new movements. Until then, the results on the field were not her priority. This year, she was probably satisfied with the title of Roland Garros. In the final in Paris against Sabalenka, Gauff made eight dual errors - parameters that made her unable to be absolutely satisfied with the victory..

The most important thing is that Gauff stepped out of the safe area when the pursuit of a comprehensive upgraded serve. That weapon has not appeared in the United States, where she could stop. But that is the price of Gauff willing to trade for the rest of the career.