Coco Gauff’s Legendary Coach Finds Strange Parallels Between Tennis and Zendaya

Coco Gauff‘s coach Brad Gilbert shared a surprising fact about Hollywood’s famous star Zendaya. This actress is currently working on a project called Challengers directed by Luca Guadagnino. In this movie, Zendaya is portraying the character of a tennis player. Ironically, she was trained by Coco Gauff’s coach, Brad Gilbert. Now in a recent podcast, Gilbert delves deeper into the similarities between actors and tennis players.

Now Gauff’s fans know well that this former US Open champion is a die-hard fan of Zendaya. Not to forget Gauff’s unbelievable happiness after the actress sent her a huge bouquet following her US Open win. Now Gauff’s coach reveals the similarities between the American tennis prodigy and the famous Hollywood star.

In a recent podcast, Coco Gauff’s coach Brad Gilbert speaks about training Zendaya for the Challengers movie. He delved deeper into how the actors and the tennis players got the same DNA. Gilbert said-“Believe it or not actors got a lot of the same DNA as tennis players. So I really think that working with Zendaya kind of really maybe was impedance for good experience for working with Coco. Well take Z, she is driven to be the best she can and a lot of tennis players did.”

Gilbert offered some snippets about working with Zendaya and explained his statement further. Gilbert said-“Coco got the same kind of DNA and you know expects and demands a lot from herself. And I think with Zendaya taking on the role like she literally absorbed herself and she want to figure out, you know literally she was starting from scratch, you know how she can you know be the best version of herself for this. And so you know we had body doubles, she learnt to really kind of you know more than the body double.”

Zendaya’s connection to tennis is nothing new. After Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open, Zendaya congratulated her by sending flowers to her house. Coco Gauff then labeled this as the ‘coolest thing that happened’.

After Gauff’s US Open win in 2023, Zendaya sent the American tennis prodigy a beautiful bouquet. Gauff mentioned that the bouquet was extremely heavy and even her brother found it difficult to lift it. In Gauff’s words- “I didn’t really do anything that cool after winning the US Open, to be honest. But the messages you get from celebrities are crazy. The coolest thing that happened to me was Zendaya sent me flowers to my house. It was like a huge bouquet of flowers. My brother & I struggled to lift it up on the table. I think it weighed at least 50 pounds. It was so heavy. I think that was the coolest thing.”

Brad Gilbert’s revelation about working with Zendaya has surely delighted Gauff’s fans. Gauff revealed her excitement about the movie already. More than her fans, Coco Gauff might have been over the moon hearing this from her coach. What do you think?