{"id":1774456,"date":"2026-02-16T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1774456"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:00:27","slug":"coco-gauff-trusting-the-process-as-star-asked-about-future-with-coach-gavin-macmillan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1774456","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff &#8216;trusting the process&#8217; as star asked about future with coach Gavin MacMillan"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Coco Gauff \u2018trusting the process\u2019 as star asked about future with coach Gavin MacMillan<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Coco Gauff has revealed she is \u201ctrusting the process\u201d with coach Gavin MacMillan after a difficult start to her 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>World No 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/coco-gauff\">Gauff<\/a> has been working with MacMillan since 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/coco-gauff-make-shock-coaching-decision-just-days-before-us-open-campaign\">joining forces with her coach after her split with Matt Daly shortly before the US Open last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Renowned grip specialist MacMillan has been working in Gauff\u2019s team alongside the American\u2019s longstanding coach, J.C. Faurel, with a specific focus on working on the 21-year-old\u2019s serve and forehand technique \u2014 with those two areas often recognised as weaknesses in her game.<\/p>\n<p>After Gauff was beaten in the fourth round of the US Open, she reached the semi-final of the China Open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/wuhan-open-points-prize-money-earned-coco-gauff-jessica-pegula\">and won the Wuhan Open<\/a>, arguably her best run of form since MacMillan joined her team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/wta-finals-prize-money-ranking-points-won-coco-gauff-jasmine-paolini-revealed\">However, she was then knocked out in the round-robin stage of the 2025 WTA Finals<\/a>, and has achieved mixed results at the start of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff won three of her four singles matches at the United Cup and reached the last eight of the Australian Open, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/coco-gauff-australian-open-loss-elina-svitolina-shocking-tim-henman\">though struggled immensely in her quarter-final against Elina Svitolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It took just 59 minutes for Svitolina to seal an emphatic 6-1, 6-2 victory over a below-par Gauff in Melbourne, and the American failed to bounce back in her return to action last week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/worrying-coco-gauff-stat-revealed-nightmare-qatar-open-streak-latest-defeat\">Gauff hit a staggering 39 unforced errors in a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Elisabetta Cocciaretto at the Qatar Open<\/a>, marking the third straight year in which she lost her opening match in Doha.<\/p>\n<h2>Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/coco-gauff-responds-calls-iga-swiatek-aryna-sabalenka-punished-skipping-event\">Coco Gauff responds to calls for Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka to be \u2018punished\u2019 after skipping event<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/elena-rybakina-world-no-1-ranking-statement-aryna-sabalenka\">Elena Rybakina makes statement of intent about chasing world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She now turns her attention to the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she was a semi-finalist in 2023 and a quarter-finalist in 2021 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>However, the American was beaten in the opening round of the tournament in 2025, falling to McCartney Kessler.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East swing has not been a happy hunting ground for the two-time Grand Slam champion in recent years, and Gauff does not want to dwell too much on her form across the swing.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about her partnership with MacMillan during her pre-tournament press conference, the 21-year-old revealed she was taking a more patient approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019m trusting the process. I mean, I\u2019m very tough on myself,\u201d said Gauff. \u201cIt is easy to look at this and be like: \u2018I\u2019m doing so bad\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I look at all my seasons, maybe it\u2019s something I need to fix, but in all my seasons, I just haven\u2019t done well here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to figure out the recipe. Also, in all fairness to this part of the swing, I think most players would agree they want to peak at the Grand Slams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor most of them \u2014 I still have to figure out Wimbledon \u2014 I have been doing that. It\u2019s a learning process. I think my serve is improving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel more comfortable going after it. The doubles are definitely less this year. I just have to trust that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gauff faces a tricky opener at the Dubai Tennis Championships, the second WTA 1000 event of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The American is seeded third at the tournament and receives an opening-round bye, though will face Anna Kalinskaya in the second round, with the Russian knocking out former champion Jelena Ostapenko on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Once Gauff\u2019s campaign in Dubai concludes, the star will head Stateside for consecutive WTA 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? 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