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great time — great matches– i sat behind  the coaches box and when they spoke english i could hear– the most needy was CoCo- quite correctly her game play wasn’t working  and she asked but got no help on a alternative– which should have been preplanned –the meanest was Rybakina– she could do no right always negative-

all the other coaches were constantly try to keep the player positive with good energy— the biggest comment  was move your feet more

most frustrated Safin rublev ignore the pregame plan   didn’t mix like he was suppose and could not rally for 5 balls–worst player Tiafoe won 2 points in the first 4 game -continued to play poorly — somehow caught up and had a set point in the first set breaker– double fault 3 times in the breaker served half speed all day and lost second set 6-1

best playew Darderi lost firsts to paul and zverev then rarely missed hitting great shots with super fast feet never missing frustrating  both opponents

I would like Roddick to spend 10 minutes with CoCo and teach her his serve– both arms up -tuck and hit

I told this to CoCo’s trainer and to Mark Knowles- he said not as long as I am coaching Jess- if CoCo had a serve  we would never beat her