Maria Sharapova Coaching Change: Sharapova Fires Jimmy Connors, Hires Sven Groeneveld (VIDEO) : TENNIS : Sports World News

Within the tennis realm, Sven Groeneveld isn’t any Jimmy Connors. For Maria Sharapova, that might be a great factor.

In keeping with a number of media experiences, Sharapova had employed Groeneveld as her new coach to start out the 2014 season. He replaces Connors, who skilled Sharapova in precisely one occasion – a loss to Sloane Stephens within the second spherical on the Western and Southern Open in July.

“I am completely satisfied to announce my official partnership with Sven Groeneveld,” Sharapova wrote on Fb. “We have been working collectively since I bought again on the courtroom, and after seeing him on the opposing aspect for therefore a few years, I am excited to have him develop into part of my workforce. It has been a really seamless transition and I’ve had plenty of enjoyable with the exhausting work we now have put in up to now. Wanting ahead to the 12 months forward.”

Sharapova, the No. 4 girls’s tennis participant on this planet, has not performed a match since that loss to Stephens due to bursitis in her proper shoulder that pressured her to withdraw from the U.S. Open.

Groeneveld beforehand has coached Monica Seles, Mary Pierce and Ana Ivanovic to Grand Slam titles, based on SI.com.

Groeneveld turns into Sharapova’s third coach prior to now six month. After her second-round loss to unheralded Michelle Larcher de Brito at Wimbledon, Sharapova parted methods with then-coach Thomas Hogstedt.

She then introduced the hiring of Connors, which created a buzz till Sharapova’s loss to Stephens. She created a much bigger buzz by firing Connors.

Her proper shoulder, on which she had surgical procedure in 2008 is a part of a listing of well being points Sharapova handled in 2013.

On the courtroom, her drawback has been her lack of success towards world’s No. 1 Serena Williams. Sharapova has misplaced 13 consecutive matches to Williams, going again to 2004.

In keeping with SI.com, Sharapova will start her 2014 season on the Brisbane Worldwide on Dec. 29.

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