Maria Sakkari recently hired Jessica Pegula‘s former coach, and she has now spoken about their partnership. Pegula spent the last couple of years being coached by David Witt, but that changed recently when she shockingly split with her long-time coach. The split came out of nowhere because the partnership was seemingly working really well, and…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday March 11, 2024 Indian Wells – Former BNP Paribas Open Maria Sakkari has landed on her feet after parting ways with longtime coach Tom Hill. Now working with David Witt, who recently parted ways with Jessica Pegula, the Greek has reeled off consecutive wins to set a round…
Jessica Pegula recently split with her longtime coach, David Witt, and he’ll now start working with Maria Sakkari. The Greek player’s tennis career has been a very fascinating but also strange case of brilliance, but not enough. It might sound confusing but Sakkari has been one of the better players on the WTA Tour in…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday February 19, 2024 There was not a lot of movement inside the WTA’s Top 10 this week, but the moves that did occur were significant. Scroll down for the skinny… OSTAPENKO ON THE RISE Jelena Ostapenko has been putting up good results in 2024, and the ranking shows…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday February 15, 2024 One of the most enduring player-coach relationships in tennis has come to an end. Maria Sakkari and Tom Hill announced a split today, the Greek star taking to Instagram to break the news and praise Hill for his service. The pair had worked together for…
Tuesday was a day of shocks at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha, which saw Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur and Maria Sakkari sent packing, while Naomi Osaka pulled off her first back-to-back win this year, and Karolina Pliskova advanced to the Last 16 despite running on an empty tank. [The knee is] definitely much better…
Ons Jabeur was at her efficient best in seeing off Emma Raducanu at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open on Wednesday, and, in the quarter-finals, will meet Beatriz Haddad Maia, who survived yet another marathon against Magda Linette, while Sorana Cirstea cruised past 3rd-seeded Maria Sakkari to play Daria Kasatkina in the Last 8, a straight…
The star-studded Abu Dhabi Open will kick off the 2024 Middle East swing with four former Grand Slam champions set to participate. Running from February 5th to 11th, this WTA 500 tournament has become a staple on the calendar, and the top-ranked WTA stars have no reason not to come to the Gulf region to…
Maria Sakkari got the monkey off her back with a convincing 1st-round win over Nao Hibino on the opening day of the Australian Open, while Barbora Krejcikova came from a set down to get past wild-card Mai Hontama, and 16-year old qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova won her first main draw match at Melbourne Park against Ana…
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka navigated past one of the three 16-year-olds in the Australian Open draw, who played matches on the main show court on Wednesday, but Mirra Andreeva was the only one to book a spot in the 3rd-round, while Elina Avanesyan upset Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, in the late night match,…
