This Week In Tennis

Here is a brief summary of the top stories in women’s tennis this past week.

1.    Keys Hires Fissette

The 19-year-old American has hired coach Wim Fissette, who recently ended his partnership with Simona Halep. Fissette will be working alongside another fresh acquisition to the Keys camp, 2014 Hall-of-Fame inductee, Lindsay Davenport. Keys made huge strides in the past season, capturing are first WTA title in Eastbourne, and reaching a career-high ranking of 27 in July. Fissette will be traveling with Keys internationally, while Davenport will be in the coaching box when Keys competes domestically.    

2.    Radwanska Makes New Hire

Agnieszka Radwanska is another player who will be adding a high-profile coach to her camp. In the past year, we have seen tennis legends Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, and Amelie Mauresmo step out of retirement, and into the coaching box for Federer, Djokovic and Murray respectively. Even though the world number six has yet to disclose the name of this ‘supercoach,’ the Pole did state that the person is a former grand slam champion. 

  

3.    Wuhan 2015: Bigger and Better

The premier-level tournament, which made its WTA Tour debut in September, has promised to be bigger and better in 2015. The tournament plans on building a massive 15,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof for the 2015 edition of the event. The tournament organizers look to continue the success of its 2014 debut, which saw over 75,000 fans attend the week long event.

The image below of displays the new stadium in comparison to the 2014 center court.

4.    Legendary Tennis Selfie

Over the past few weeks the International Premier tennis league has been host to top male and female players like Roger Federer and Serena Williams. As the players enjoy the team-formatted competition, the players are documenting their experience with selfies including some of the game’s greats. Below is just one example of the incredible photos taken by players during the IPTL. Thank you Daniela Hantuchova for providing fans with the awesome pic!

Thanks for reading. You are now up to date on all things tennis. Until next time!