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Former six-time Grand Slam champion in doubles Rennae Stubbs is not impressed at all with how coach Wim Fisette ditched Qinwen Zheng for Naomi Osaka. Zheng, one of the most talented and promising players on the WTA Tour, announced Fisette as her coach prior to the start of the grass season.
In September, world No 15 Zheng told Chinese media that coach Fisette “immorally broke the contract” and abruptly left her so he could start working again with Osaka. Osaka, a former world No 1, didn’t play any tournaments this year but she is working on making her post-pregnancy comeback at the start of the 2024 season in Australia.
Fisette worked with Osaka in the past and the four-time Grand Slam champion wanted to reunite with her old coach ahead of her comeback. Reflecting on Fisette’s decision, Stubbs said what he did was “not good” and suggested that the coach at least could have been more upfront and told Zheng at the start of their collaboration that reuniting with Osaka in the near future may be an option.
Stubbs not happy with how Fisette left Zheng for Osaka
“I think what he did was not good. Here’s my thing and I would like to talk to him so I don’t…
