Wim Fissette has a new job as a coach with an old friend. According to the same media information, the Belgian will be looking after Victoria Azarenka again with immediate effect.
If you want to prepare yourself for a tennis season, you can visit Nick Bollettieri or his academy. And if you want to know exactly, you can take the coach with you. And behold: Victoria Azarenka obviously has a lot on her mind after a mixed season in 2018 – and has reunited with Wim Fissette, with whom she had already worked together before her pregnancy.
Only a few weeks ago, Fissette had been dumped by Angelique Kerber, according to tennis MAGAZIN also because he had negotiated a commitment with other players. Behind the back of the German number one.
Azarenka had already worked with Fissette from the end of 2015, and in the spring of the following year he won the “Sunshine Double” in Indian Wells and Miami. The former world number one played her last match in Tokyo. There she had to give up in the quarter-finals against Camila Giorgi. Victoria Azarenka currently ranks only 51st in the WTA World Ranking, making her the third best Belarusian after Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
And also Elina Svitolina has news to offer on the coaching position: After the interim cooperation with Andrew Bettles at the WTA Finals in Singapore led to the title at the last big tournament in 2018, Bettles is now allowed to do the coaching job full time.