The Coach – Patrick Mouratoglou
Days after Williams’ devastating 2012 French Open first round loss, she connected with Mouratoglou and the partnership was born. Under his guidance, Williams has won 9 Grand Slams. The 46-year-old Frenchman owns Mouratoglou Tennis Academy that is located in Nice, France, and founded Champ’Seed Foundation in 2014.
The Fitness Guru – Mackie Shilstone
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In a trophy that was won on the road, Argentina kicked its campaign against Poland in March. Despite playing without their big gun Juan Martin del Potro, the Argentinians won the tie 4-1.
In July, Argentina faced 1976 champion and six-time runner-up Italy in Pesaro, Italy in the quarterfinals. In a rainy weekend, Argentina took the tie 4-1.
In September, Argentina traveled to Glasgow, Scotland to face the defending champion Great Britain. The British team, that boasted Andy Murray (2016 Wimbledon champion and Olympic gold medalist) and his brother Jamie Murray (top doubles player), had all the momentum going into the tie.
Murray and del Potro faced-off in the first rubber in what would arguably become the best match of 2016. In an Olympics rematch (Murray defeated del Potro 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the Olympics final match), Del Potro won the tightly contested rubber 6-4, 7-5, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-4. Argentina closed out the tie 3-2.
In the finals, Croatia hosted Argentina in Zagreb, Croatia. Marin Cilic, the highest ranked player in the tie, opened against Argentina’s Federico Delbonis. Cilic took the rubber 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 1-6, 6-2. Del Potro took the second rubber 64 67(6) 63 75 against Ivo Karlovic to level the tie 1-1.
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Djokovic had led their head-to-head 8-1 going into their third round match, but this did not bother the American who came out blasting big serves and forehands. He took the first two sets 7-6(5), 6-4.
Play was suspended due to rain delay and the men had to pick up where they left off the next day. Djokovic came out swinging, running to a 4-0 lead in the third set before another rain delay.
The men resumed play two hours later. Querrey was able to get one of the breaks back but the Serb closed the third set 6-3.
In the fourth set, Djokovic had plenty of opportunities to break but Querrey fought him off. At 4-4, the top seed hit a forehand winner to go up a break 5-4. This was a devastating moment for the 28th seed who had saved 11 break points. Many people thought he was a goner because Djokovic had gained momentum, and had come back from two sets down four previous times, but Querrey wasn’t done yet as he broke back.
At 6-5, the match was once again interrupted by another rain delay. The men came back an hour later and resumed play. Djokovic served and held to take the set to a tie-break. He jumped to a 3-1 lead but that was short-lived as Querrey closed out the match 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(5) on his second match point.
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Madison Keys says she will miss the Australian Open after having wrist surgery.
The 21-year-old American, who is ranked No. 8 in the world, said Friday in a statement on Twitter that she had arthroscopic surgery on her left wrist three days after the season-ending WTA Finals in October.
The right-hander described the procedure as minor, saying it didn’t involve any tendon issues and went very well.
— Madison Keys (@Madison_Keys) December 23, 2016
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PRAGUE (AP) Petra Kvitova’s recovery from surgery on her left hand is going well after a knife-wielding intruder attacked her.
Kvitova was released from a hospital on Friday, three days after she was operated following injuries Tuesday in the attack her at her home in the town of Prostejov.
Kvitova says she was told by the surgeon who operated on her in a specialized clinic in the northern town of Vysoke nad Jizerou on Tuesday that her recovery is ”fine and without complications.”
Kvitova says ”I feel better day by day.”
Apparently in a good mood and smiling, Kvitova offered thanks for support she received from other players and fans.
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In October 2016, twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan set a milestone that will likely stand the test of time as they celebrated their 1,000th doubles match win on the ATP Tour.
The 38-year-old twin brothers notched their 1,000th win after they defeated Pablo Cuevas and Viktor Troicki in the quarterfinal match at the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna. They are the first doubles team to achieve this feat.
The American siblings, who turned pro in 1998, won their first match in Atlanta that same year. They have since won 112 doubles career titles as a doubles team, more than any men’s doubles team in the open era. Their wins include 16 Career Grand Slam titles, 34 Masters 1000, and 4 ATP Finals.
“We are happy to get our 1,000th win here. Vienna will always be a special place for us. And we are happy to celebrate this record with Thomas Muster, one of our heroes of our youth,” said Mike.
“We’ve been aiming for the number 1,000 for a few years now. It’s outstanding, that we reached it tonight in Vienna. We have relished the fact that the fans have stayed to support us. This city will always have a special place in our hearts,” said Bob.
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