After Three Years, Not Everyone Favors On-Court Coaching – Sam Stosur Comments

Written by: Staff on 24th February 2012

After Three Years, Not Everyone Favors On-Court Coaching - Sam Stosur Comments

Australia's Fed Cup tennis player Samantha Stosur serves a ball during a training session in the Forum Arena in Fribourg, Switzerland, 31 January 31, 2012. Switzerland will face Australia in the World Group 2 first round. EPA/PETER KLAUNZER |

On-court coaching has been again brought sharply into focus at this week’s Dubai Duty Free Championships but three years after the WTA allowed players to receive tactical advice or emotional reassurance during the course of a match, several leading players refuse to buy into the concept.

US Open champion Samantha Stosur has never called her long-time coach David Taylor onto court and never intends to break the trend. “I just don’t agree with it,” said the Australian. “I like tradition and tennis is supposed to be an individual sport. You can’t do it in a Grand Slam and those tournaments are the biggest ones we’ve got. I think if you got to work things out through those, then you should almost be working that way throughout the year.

“To make yourself a better player then you’ve got go through these situations. That’s the way it was and should be. It’s tradition and long may it last.”

Jelena Jankovic is another who has vowed to face her problems alone. The Serb is working with a newly appointed coach this year, German Henner Nehles who has no real WTA experience but is a graduate of the University of Nevada. But he will not be called onto court. “I kind of tried to stay away from it and figure things on my own and try to win the matches,” said the former world no.1.

“It’s true, in women’s tennis the players rely more on coaches or their entourage. I think men are a little bit focused more on themselves and don’t really look up to the player box as much as the women do. I used to look up into the coaching box all the time but really I was almost looking for a miracle to fall from the sky.

“But really, it’s up to me. It’s a battle between me and the other player, and I have to figure out a way to win. The coach cannot take the racket and perform for you. You still have to produce those shots and you still have to think through what you’re going to do and perform. You have to do the right things at the right time.”

Topics: Dubai Duty Free Championships, Samantha Stosur, Wta

Follow 10SBALLS.COM on:

Facebook:

Twitter:

10sBalls Top Stories

In Case You Missed It

EUGENIE BOUCHARD NAMED 2018 TENNIS CANADA FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR / EUGENIE BOUCHARD NOMMÉE JOUEUSE DE L’ANNÉE 2018 DE TENNIS CANADA

Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday that Eugenie Bouchard is the winner of the 2018 Excellence Awards in the Female Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year categories.

TENNIS NEWS • CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS • TOMMY HAAS, TAYLOR FRITZ, STEVE JOHNSON, MARDY FISH AND MORE

Time to get tickets to watch! Surly you have heard about The Largest Open Tennis Event in America!

TENNIS NEWS • RAFA NADAL CONFIRMS RETURN TO PRACTICE, EYES ABU DHABI EXHIBITION AND AUSTRALIAN SUMMER

According to Uncle Toni, Rafael Nadal was supposed to be back at practice on either Dec. 4 or 5. Well, better late than never!

Conchita Martínez prepara la temporada 2019 de Karolina Pliskova en Tenerife

Española y checa ya trabajaron juntas durante el pasado Open de Estados Unidos

ALEJANDRO’S FAVORITE PHOTOS FOR 10SBALLS FROM SOME OF THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENTS

Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia hits a forehand to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia during her second round match at the Nature Valley International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, Great Britain, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.