WTA News and Gossip 2019

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rumor has it that Osaka is now going to be coached by Wim Fissette...I hope she didnt steal him from Vika...

Is that going to happen in 2020? at the moment she is being coached by her father for the rest of this season.

 

[tossip]

Is that going to happen in 2020? at the moment she is being coached by her father for the rest of this season.

I hope she didnt do what Sloane did to Puig.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I hope she didnt do what Sloane did to Puig.

Agree I felt sorry for Monica,though she has found a new coach.Maybe a lot of these coaches/players are on a verbal type arrangement.If they were on some type of written contract.legally if it was broken by a player or coach,they could take it to court.

 

[tossip]

Agree I felt sorry for Monica,though she has found a new coach.Maybe a lot of these coaches/players are on a verbal type arrangement.If they were on some type of written contract.legally if it was broken by a player or coach,they could take it to court.

She seem to like to create controversy with her coaching selection.I hope she didnt poach him from Vika because that would be a no no..

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Simona Halep who had to retire in her match against Rybakina with lower back spasm in Wuhan,will travel to Beijing tomorrow to get treatment and hopefully can recover quickly.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wimbledon champion Simona Halep will headline the field at the inaugural Adelaide International in January 2020,to be staged at the revamped Memorial Drive Tennis Centre.

Players will compete fro $2 million prize money at the week long event,WTA and ATP 250 combined tournament,from Sunday 12th January to Saturday 18th January 2020.

 

[tented]

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on how he and Serena Williams balance career and parenthood

 

[AnonymousFan]

Apparently there’s one singles spot reserved at Olympics for a former grand slam champ or Olympic gold medalist

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Former No12 and 2013 Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki readies comeback after mononucleosis diagnosis.Sabine has been cleared to resume training after being diagnosed with mononucleosis over the summer.Lisicki felt symptoms of fatique and weakness early in the year,but continued to play through the clay and grass season before doctors were finally able to isolate the diagnosis to mononucleosis.
Lisicki can slowly begin her recovery and build up to get back to competition,and she says she will return when she is 100% fit and ready to compete.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Why so many cases of mono for tennis players? Does anyone know?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA announced today 30th September that Simona Halep and Bianca Andreescu.and the doubles team of Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan have qualified for the WTA Finals Shenzhen.
Halep and Andreescu become the third and fourth singles players,respectively to clinch a spot at the year end event,joining Ash Barty and Karolina Pliskova.

Dabrowski and Xu are the fourth doubles pairings to secure their place following Strycova/Hsieh Su-Wei, Mertens/Sabalenka
and Babos/Mladenovic.

 

[Fefe26]

Is serena done for the season? I was hoping she would have played a few tournaments to help build her confidence...

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Tatiana Golvin to make her return to tennis in Luxemburg she has a qualifying wildcard.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Is serena done for the season? I was hoping she would have played a few tournaments to help build her confidence...

No need.. Serena needs to have an early holiday season, get back to work in mid December..she needs about a full month to train properly for AO, IMO

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Is serena done for the season? I was hoping she would have played a few tournaments to help build her confidence...

At present Serena is in 7th position to qualify for the end of year WTA final in Shenzhen,even though she is not playing in Beijing.No news that Serena is ending her season as yet.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Carlos Rodriguez will be Amanda Anisimova's new full time coach,the 18 year old made the s/finals at the French Open this year,one of the most promising talents in tennis.

 

[10isfan]

GSM, mono is quite prevalent among US college students due to the communal way of living in dorms. I assume tennis players have similar lifestyles.

 

[isabelle]

Why so many cases of mono for tennis players? Does anyone know?

I had one when I was 20, it's quite common, not only for tennis players even

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Naomi Osaka becomes the fifth qualifier at the Shenzhen Finals.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Julia Goerges has split with another coach,her second of the season.Goerges has parted with Sebastian Sachs,who joined her during the clay court season,she has also parted with her physiotherapist.Goerges who reached the fourth rd at the USO and also got to the final at Birmingham since starting with her newest coach,said the pair did not agree about the 'sporting direction of my game'.Goerges began the season with a title in Auckland,when she was being coached by Michael
Geserer,who just started working with Jennifer Brady.