Wednesday, October 23

Fissette Stops Coaching Zheng Qinwen to Reunite with Naomi Osaka

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday September 29, 2023

After just a few months teaching China’s Zheng Qinwen, coach Wim Fissette has reportedly ended the pair’s partnership with a purpose to resume his position of full-time coach of Naomi Osaka (no official phrase on that but, nevertheless).

Zheng spoke to media after successful the gold medal on the Asian Games.

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The information was reported by Chinese journalist Zhang Bendou on Twitter.

“I understand his decision, but my family and I feel hurt. Right now I don’t want to talk about this person,” Zheng said, according to Zhang.


Fissette coached Osaka to her final two main titles, earlier than parting methods with the four-time main champion in July of 2021.

Osaka, who gave beginning to her first little one, Shai, in July, will start her comeback at this 12 months’s Australian Open. She final performed in Tokyo, in September of 2022.

Fissette has coached many prime ladies throughout his legendary teaching profession, together with Kim Clijsters, Simona Halep, Victoria Azarenka and Angelique Kerber.

“Naomi obviously was really special, still when I think about her, the way that during the most important points she was playing her best tennis. It was really special, the way she was serving out matches. She was unbelievable in that way,” Fissette stated on the US Open. “I think Naomi, with her power, she was at a different level than all the other players.”

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