Roger Federer’s Ex-Coach Hired To Push American Sloan Stephens To No. 1 World Ranking (VIDEO) : TENNIS : Sports World News

Sloane Stephens, the No. 2 tennis participant in america, has addressed the inconsistency that dampened her breakout 2012 season.

Stephens has employed former Roger Federer and Pete Sampras coach Paul Annacone on a trial foundation, Tennis.com reported.

Annacone break up with Fereder final month after a 3 ½-year relationship, based on Tennis.com and has been working with Stephens for a number of hours every day in Los Angeles.

USA TODAY Sports activities reported that Stephens’ agent, John Tobias, confirmed that the participant would practice with Annacone for the offseason however there was no dedication past that.

The 50-year-old Annacone coached Federer to his final Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2012, serving to Federer regain the No. 1 rating. Annacone additionally coached former world’s No. 1 Sampras to quite a few Grand Slam titles.

The coach additionally headed participant improvement at each the USTA and LTA and coached Tim Henman for a stint, however has by no means overseen a prime girls’s participant as non-public coach.

The 20-year-old Stephens presently is ranked No. 12 on the planet, based on USA TODAY Sports activities. She gained immediate fame for beating prime American participant Serena Williams within the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

Stephens reached at the very least the fourth spherical in all of the majors in 2013 however made the quarterfinals or higher in simply 6 of 19 WTA tournaments and misplaced earlier than the third spherical seven occasions. Stephens nonetheless has not reached a WTA last.

Stephens spent 2013 below the tutelage of USTA coach David Nainkin, who additionally coached American male participant Sam Querrey. In keeping with Tennis.com, sources stated that Stephens didn’t wish to ask Nainkin to finish his relationship with Querrey so he might practice her solely.

Tennis.com additionally reported that Stephens has employed Mardy Fish’s private health coach, Christian LoCascio.

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