Coco Gauff has been advised to take the rest of the year off following her loss to Naomi Osaka at the US Open.
The 6-3, 6-2 result does not fully capture how one-sided it was, with Osaka not facing a single break point throughout the match.
Gauff’s struggle with unforced errors continued to be an issue, something that has been a recurring problem in her game despite efforts to address it.
She has taken steps to fix this part of her game, but we have not seen much progress yet. The next few months will be important in showing whether those changes start to take effect.
Coco Gauff advised to take extended break following US Open defeat
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Rennae Stubbs, speaking on her own podcast, explained why she does not think there is enough time for Gauff to make