French tennis player and analyst Alize Lim believes the rumored partnership between Naomi Osaka and Patrick Mouratoglou could definitely turn into something great as she sees multiple ways of how Serena Williams’ former long-time coach can help the Japanese.
After the former world No. 1 gave birth and launched her preparation for her comeback around 12 months ago, she reached out to Wim Fissette – the coach who guided her to four Grand Slam titles in the past. From Day 1, the 26-year-old highlighted that her goal was to return to being one of the best in the game and contend for Majors.
But nearly 10 months into her post-pregnancy comeback, Osaka is just 19-16 – hasn’t made it past the quarterfinal stage in any events – and also picked up three second-round outings in Slams and had one first-round exit. Also, it became pretty evident in the last two months that the Japanese was growing more frustrated and disappointed with her game and results.
All coach Fissette paid the price as the current world No. 76 decided last weekend to part ways with the Belgian coach. Shortly after the news dropped, it was also reported that she already had a new coach in place – none other than Mouratoglou.
And this week, Osaka was spotted arriving in Beijing with the French coach, who…
