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Zheng Qinwen has reunited with coach Pere Riba for the 2024 season after being ditched by Wim Fissette, who abruptly left the Chinese to join Naomi Osaka’s team. Zheng and Riba, who started working at the beginning of the 2021 season, went their separate ways after this year’s French Open.
Shortly after, Zheng started working with Fissette while Riba joined Coco Gauff’s team. After the US Open, Zheng complained to Chinese media that coach Fissette “broke the contract and immorally left” her so he could start working again with Osaka.
In the meantime, Riba also split with Gauff due to “personal reasons” and now he is back to working with Zheng. “Reunited after some time apart, ready to embark on the journey together and prepare for the upcoming year. Back to the original time,” Zheng captioned her Instagram post.
Zheng reunites with Riba after being left by coach Fissette
“He broke the contract, and it is very immoral.
This is his choice, and I will respect that. Even though this brings some harm to me and my family, I don’t want to talk about that person right now, don’t want to talk about him,” Zheng told Chinese reporters in late…
