Coaching 101: ‘Finished playing ***** yet?’

Published by Bastien Thorne

Pat Cash and CoCo Vandeweghe provided one of the comedic moments of the WTA year. Photo: Getty Images
Pat Cash provided one of the comedic moments of the WTA season when he asked charge CoCo Vandeweghe whether she had finished playing “shitty” tennis.

Sometimes you’ve just got to call it like it is. Ever the straight talker, Pat Cash at least managed to illicit a laugh from CoCo Vandeweghe during her 6-3 6-2 defeat to Agnieszka Radwanska, asking whether she had ‘finished playing shitty yet?’

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On one of the few occasions when on-court coaching has provided a moment of interest, Cash levelled the question at his charge while Vandeweghe was struggling against an out-of-sorts Radwanska.

Walking onto the court, the Aussie asked Vandeweghe: “finished playing shitty yet?”

Realising he was wearing a microphone for TV, Cash offered an immediate apology to the audience, before turning to Vandeweghe and laughing “I just got you a fine.”

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The exchange may have helped to break some of the tension for Vandeweghe around the match, but unfortunately she hadn’t finished playing “shitty”. The American would go on to lose to Radwanska 6-3 6-2 – the world No.10 notching up just her 15th win of the season (11 losses).

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