Two-time grand slam champion Victoria Azarenka has welcomed a familiar face back to her team after what has been a mixed season. The former world No.1 has started working again with Belgium’s Wim Fissette. Fissette previously guided the Belarusian on the tour between 2015-2016 prior to Azarenka taking maternity leave. During that period, Azarenka won […]
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Johanna Konta
Konta sacks coach
For the third year in a row, Great Britain’s No.1 player Johanna Konta has decided to split with her coach, this time choosing to part ways with the well-respected American coach Michael Joyce, after a year of disappointment. Konta had been making her way up the tennis ranking ladder in quite some style. Turning her […]
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Serena must balance daughter’s birthday with U.S. Open demand
Serena suffers career’s worst loss to Konta
Twenty-three-time major champion Serena Williams suffered the worst loss of her storied career on Tuesday, falling 6-1 6-0 to Britain’s Johanna Konta in the first round of the Silicon Valley Classic. After a routine hold to start the match, Williams lost the next 12 games in a one-sided affair that lasted less than an hour. […] …
Konta stuns Serena Williams in San Jose
Serena Williams: stunned in first round at San Jose by Johanna Konta Serena Williams was sent crashing out of the WTA San Jose tournament on Tuesday, losing 12 straight games in a shocking first-round defeat to unseeded Briton Johanna Konta.Williams, who was playing her first match since dropping the Wimbledon final,