World number one Iga Swiatek has appointed former Naomi Osaka trainer, Wim Fissette, as her new coach, Afrosport reports. Swiatek parted ways with former coach Tomasz Wiktorowski earlier in the month after three seasons together with the Pole. Belgian Fissette, who recently worked with Osaka, has also coached former Grand Slam winners Kim Clijsters and Angelique Kerber in the past. "I want to say that I’m...
Botic van de Zandschulp has delivered the biggest shock of the ongoing US Open as the Dutch tennis star knocked out third seed and four-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz in the second round at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Zandschulp defeated the Spaniard 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 in straight sets to progress into the third round, ending Alcaraz’s 15-match winning run at the majors. Alcaraz looked flat...
Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the 2024 Wimbledon championship after suffering a straight sets 6-4, 6-1 second round loss to American Emma Navarro on Wednesday. The Japanese superstar got past France's Diane Parry in three sets (6-1, 1-6, 6-4) in the first round but had no such power against Navarro. Osaka was broken in seventh game of the first set while it got worse in...
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