The former world tennis number 1 Naomi Osaka separated from her coach, Belgian Wim Fissetteafter two seasons together, as announced Friday on Instagram.
“Four years, two Grand Slam titles and many memories“wrote the Japanese player, wishing “all the best” to his former coach.
With Wim Fissette, Osaka won the US Open in 2020 and the Australian Open in 2021in addition to reaching the WTA 1000 finals in Cincinnati (2020, abandoned) and Miami (2022).
The player and the coach worked together on two occasions: from 2019 to the summer of 2022 and from the summer of 2023when Naomi Osaka began the process of returning to the circuit after the birth of her daughter in July, until this separation.
But since he effectively returned to the courts in January 2024, the former world number 1 has struggled to find his level and string together a string of victories.
Her US Open first-round victory over Jelena Ostapenko in late August was her first against a Top 10 player in four years. But that didn’t stop her from falling in the second round against Karolina Muchova (52nd), the eventual semi-finalist.
Source: La Verdad
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