Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber ended surprisingly after only a year, their collaboration with Belgian coach Wim Fissette. Your Management speaks of differences of opinion.
Angelique Kerber and Wim Fissette after the Wimbledon victory of the German
A few days before the WTA Finals in Singapore has separated the Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber totally surprising from coach Wim Fissette. The Belgians will not take care of Kerber already at the end of the season the best eight players from this Sunday on, informed her Management. Fissette had begun in November 2017, the succession of Kerbers long-time coach, Torben Beltz, and the 30-Year-old back into the world top. Highlight of the collaboration Kerbers Wimbledon Triumph in July in the final against Serena Williams.
New coach only after the WTA finals
“In spite of the successful cooperation since the beginning of the season, this was due to different views concerning the future orientation required”, allowed Kerber now know. What differences of opinion there were, exactly, remained open. A successor should not be the unofficial world championship in Singapore, found.
The goal: to Angelique Kerber on 14. July with the victory Cup by Wimbledon
The form of buckling down
After many years with Torben Beltz that she had won in 2016 at the Australian Open in Melbourne and the US Open in New York-their first two Grand Slam titles, had Kerber needed after a disappointing season in 2017, a new impetus. Fissette brought the former world number one in the tennis world back in shape. Kerber was better, played with more pressure and were rewarded with their Coup in the turf classic in London. But since then, there were also setbacks. Kerber reached the Wimbledon in any tournament in the quarter-finals. Also to Singapore, you are not traveling, therefore, as a favorite.
Fissette calls for commitment and discipline
Nevertheless, the separation of Fissette came as a surprise. The 38-year-old Belgian had won from 2009 to 2011, three Grand-Slam title with Kim Clijsters. In 2013, he also led Sabine Lisicki in Wimbledon to the final, lost the German against the Italian Marion Bartoli. With Lisicki not went further after this great success, however. Fissette is regarded as a coach who demands from his players and discipline.
sn/to (dpa, sid)