Coco Gauff, ta’arayyar tennis ta Amurka, ta tabbatar da cewa tana yin canji a jirgin racket ta tare da sababbin kocin ta, Matt Daly, a gasar Wuhan Open a China. Gauff, wacce ta lashe gasar China Open a makon da ya gabata, ta ce ta fara amfani da canjin jirgin racket tun daga lokacin da ta fara aiki tare da Daly kafin gasar China Open.
A ranar Alhamis, Gauff ta doke Marta Kostyuk a wasan neman gurbin wanda ya kare a cikin minti 61, inda ta ci wasan da ci 6-4, 6-1. Wannan nasara ta sa ta kai wasan daf da takwas a jere, wanda ya zama nasarar ta ta bakwai a jere ba tare da aje wasa ba.
Gauff ta bayyana cewa canjin jirgin racket ya zama babban yanki da take mai da hankali tare da sababbin kocin ta, Matt Daly, wanda ya samu nasarar yin canji iri iri ga wasu ‘yan wasan tennis na ATP da WTA. “Ya, ya yi kyau a fannin haka. Amma ba kawai haka ba, ya yi kyau a fannin taktik, na mental, kuma,” in ji Gauff.
Ta yi bayani cewa ba ta nuna son yin kama wasu ‘yan wasan tennis ba, amma ta nuna son yin amfani da abin da take da shi. “Kuna mutane da ba su buga tennis ba su na zaton akwai hanyar daidai ta kama jirgin racket… Amma idan ka duba dukkan mutanen da ke buga a gasar, mun kama jirgin racket a hanyoyi daban-daban,” in ji Gauff.
Gauff za ta hadu da Magda Linette a wasan neman semi-final, wacce ta doke Daria Kasatkina a wasan da ya gabata. Gauff ta ce ta fahimci cewa Linette zai zama abokin hamayya mai tsauri.
