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Osaka needs a coach who will constantly remind her who she is - I dont know who that coach would be

I always got the impression that she was very thoughtful. And in this sport, that is usually double edged.
What she is, right now, it not what she was. And she knows that.

Interesting

Word on the street is that Emma Raducanu has hired her 9th coach since that US Open win and it's Francisco Roig. Her current coach Mark Petchey is, checks notes, unable to travel with her full time.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Aug 05, 2025 1:02 am Word on the street is that Emma Raducanu has hired her 9th coach since that US Open win and it's Francisco Roig. Her current coach Mark Petchey is, checks notes, unable to travel with her full time.

I did read that Petchey's status as coach has always been, checks notes, "unofficial," which is what all her fired coaches should say.

Gauff will continue to work with longtime coach Jean-Christophe "J.C." Faurel and has also brought in Gavin MacMillan, a biomechanics specialist, a source confirmed to ESPN. She was seen alongside both during her practice session Wednesday in New York.

MacMillan previously worked with world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and she has credited him for helping her with her serve, after she famously struggled with the yips in 2022, and with improving her forehand. Gauff has had issues with her serve this summer and had 42 double faults during her three matches at the Canadian Open earlier this month.

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/ ... y-confirms

Good for Coco...

am glad to hear Mcmillan is going to work on Coco's forehand too. It is a very basic technical problem with her footwork, should be easy to fix.

Medvedev has fired his longtime coach Gilles Carvara

JTContinental wrote: ↑Sun Aug 31, 2025 7:11 pm Medvedev has fired his longtime coach Gilles Carvara

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JTContinental wrote: ↑Sun Aug 31, 2025 7:11 pm Medvedev has fired his longtime coach Gilles Carvara

and hired Johansson

Maybe Alcarez's brother could use him? Wondering if this was an easy split or an acrimonious one.

Carlos Alcaraz splits with coach Juan Carlos Ferrero after six Grand Slams and seven years.

Carlos Alcaraz has confirmed that he has split with coach Juan Carlos Ferrero after six Grand Slam titles and seven years together.

Alcaraz, the world No. 1, issued a statement on social media and thanked his compatriot for “making my childhood dreams come true.”

“We have made it to the top, and I feel that if our sporting paths had to part, it should be from up there.

“So many memories come to mind that it wouldn’t be fair to choose just one. You have made me grow as an athlete, but above all as a person. And something I value greatly: I have enjoyed the process. I will remember that, the journey we have taken together.

Now times of change are coming for both of us, new adventures and new projects. But I am certain that we will face them in the right way, giving our best, as we have always done. Always adding value.”

Alcaraz joined Ferrero’s academy in Spain in 2018, when he was just 15, and they formalized their partnership a year later.

Alcaraz, 22, and Ferrero, 45, won their first Grand Slam title together at the 2022 U.S. Open, crowning Alcaraz’s first rise to the top of the world rankings at 19. But it is their work since then to establish Alcaraz as a consistently dominant force — most notably through improving his serve in the past year — that stands out, alongside the return to world No. 1 this year and the five more Grand Slam titles, including two at Wimbledon, two at the French Open and this year’s U.S. Open title.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/689609 ... ero-split/