Published 21:03 IST, July 6th 2019

Here's what Serena Williams' coach Patrick Mouratoglou has to say about 15-year-old tennis prodigy Cori Gauff

In an interview, coach Patrick Mouratoglou, who has been working with Cori Gauff at his academy the south of France since she was ten, spoke in detail about the 15-year-old's almost unreal run at Wimbledon 2019.

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In an interview, coach Patrick Mouratoglou, who has been working with Cori Gauff at his acemy south of France since she was ten, spoke in detail about 15-year-old's almost unreal run at Wimbledon 2019.

Patrick, who also coaches tennis legend Serena Williams, said during interview that he will t be talking to Gauff about her new-formed public profile and fame because it will distract her before she faces Simona Halep in fourth round on Monday. 

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He ded that 15-year-old prodigy was completely unkwn when she came for tournament, but w she's big, she's everywhere and he doesn' t want to talk to her about it right w. 

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Mouratoglou also said Wimbledon crowds alrey love Gauff's personality, and carrying on from re, questioned his interviewer and viewers, "When was last time that you saw someone ranked around 300 in world playing someone unseen on Centre Court ?" 

proud coach n stated that he feels that people love her personality, but when asked wher she could go all way, he said that while he is highly impressed by Gauff's achievements he still believes that Serena Williams is more likely to end tournament as champion. 

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"I love that Coco (Cori Gauff's nickname) thinks she can win tournament. I think that's great," he said. "Everything is possible in life. chance of her winning tournament is t big. re is always a chance when you believe and she believes. I think Serena is going to win." 

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According to Mouratoglou, it was Cori's 'refusal to lose' that gave her grit and power to save two crucial match points Polona Hercog in third round.

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" thing that was amazing was when she was about to lose, when she was just one game from losing, I suddenly saw a light go on in her and she was playing at a different level because she was refusing to lose," he said. "And that is something that you see very rarely. You don't see that very often. That was amazing - that refusal to lose allowed her to win, twice coming from match point down." 

19:17 IST, July 6th 2019