Maria Sharapova Fires Jimmy Connors After Just One Match; Will Play In U.S. Open Without Coach? : TENNIS : Sports World News

Simply over a month into their a lot ballyhooed union, Maria Sharapova has fired tennis legend and coach Jimmy Connors.

Three days after dropping a 3 set match to Sloane Stephens within the second spherical of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and 34 days into their teaming, USA Today is reporting the 2 have parted methods and Sharapova is anticipated to compete on the upcoming U.S. Open with out a coach.

After the Stephens’ loss, Connors tweeted “Each good spherical begins with a bogey — not the beginning we wished, so again to work tomorrow.”

However apparently Sharapova, ranked No. 3 on the earth, had different ideas. The announcement marks the second time a would-be pairing between the 2 has confirmed quick lived. The 2 briefly labored collectively earlier than the 2008 Australian Open earlier than Connors walked away from the association.

“I believed I began the match off fairly properly,” Sharapova informed reporters of the Stephens match. “However if you put your self in a very good place, you possibly can’t let it go. That is what I did tonight. I did not proceed what I used to be doing properly for the primary set and a half, and that harm me.”

Sharapova has received 4 Grand Slam titles and has been ranked because the WTA’s prime participant on at the very least 5 totally different events.

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