Archive: laura-robson
Canada's Genie Bouchard won the junior Wimbledon title in 2012, but is not surprised that she is already in an adult Grand Slam semifinal.
Exactly a year ago the British were getting very excited about how rejuvenated their female tennis scene was under youngsters Laura Robson and Heather Watson.
Victoria Azarenka heads the nominations for the 2014 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Zone Group I events taking place in the week of 3 February alongside the World Group and World Group II first round ties.
Laura Robson’s chances of even starting the Australian Open have been thrown into doubt following the British no. 1 being forced to retire midway through her first match of the year at the Hobart International earlier today because of ongoing wrist problems.
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Laura Robson has worked tirelessly throughout the off season in Florida under new coaching team of Nick Saviano and Jesse Witten but it appears she may have toiled a little too hard as the world no.44 has been forced to withdraw from next week's ASB Classic in Auckland because of an injured left wrist.
Maria Sharapova has arrived at the Brisbane International and will attempt to play her first tournament since August. She has been recovering from a right shoulder injury. When asked if her shoulder was ready for tournament tennis, she said: "I hope so."
CoCo Vandeweghe is working with Urszula Radwanska’s ex-coach coach Maciej She also recently did a photo shoot with Asics America. . . Urszula Radwanska has also pulled out of the Aussie Open with a shoulder injury and will be replaced by Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. . .
Australian Samantha Stosur is pinning a lot of hopes on her new coach Miles Maclagan, who was once at the sides of Andy Murray, Marcos Baghdatis and Laura Robson. Maclagan and Robson split after the end of the season, and Stosur ended her long-term deal with David Taylor shortly after the US Open.
Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley is very high on teenagers Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis, saying that have elite potential. . . .Roger Federer won’t say how much Rod Laver will be involved at his charity event on Laver Arena prior to the Australian Open.
Sven Groeneveld has coached a slew of standout WTA players including Grand Slam champions such as Monica Seles, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Mary Pierce and Ana Ivanovic, but he has taken on an entirely new challenge as the new coach of four time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova.
The Max Eisenbud influence is hugely apparent in Laura Robson’s appointment of veteran American coach Nick Saviano and his Floridian assistant Jesse Witten in a bid to direct the British teenager back towards the WTA top 20.
Stanislas Wawrinka was less than thrilled with Rafael Nadal’s uncle Toni allegedly coaching his nephew during his loss to the Spaniard in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
Sven Groeneveld, the highly respected Dutchman who for the last seven years has been the fulcrum of the adidas Players Development Program, could be ready to go back on the open coaching market and become the centre of the three way tussle between female players who wear the three stripes.
IMG’s Max Eisenbud has a track record of going for the sport’s very best when it comes to employing coaches for his players and the more unpredictable the appointment the better.
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