Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Link Back -> Andrew Murray message board -> General tennis discussion -> Osaka Coach split
Post Info TOPIC: Osaka Coach split
JonH


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 6109
Date:
Osaka Coach split
Permalink  

No nothing about these guys and their history but seems surprising on face of it...there is a twitter feed call WTA Tea that seems to imply various things about her coach and indeed about various players and their coaches and things they are linked to. Implying there is some stuff going on behind the scenes.

Anyone aware of any stuff here behind this split? WTA Tea seems to have it in for Osaka and presumably her recent rise, judging by some of these tweats 

https://twitter.com/wtatea?lang=en

 

 

   



__________________
JonH
Shhh


Challenger level

Status: Offline
Posts: 2564
Date:
Permalink  

Well that twitter feed is outright implying drugs use. I wouldn't have a clue but like everyone I would guess, hopes theres no truth to that. Until there is, it seems a pretty classless act to smear someones name in this way.

__________________

 Its really not as bad as they say :)
JonH


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 6109
Date:
Permalink  

And don't get me wrong, I wasn't implying it at all, just trying to understand what might be behind the story , there does seem some history behind the split.

__________________
JonH
Michael D


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 7055
Date:
Permalink  

Here's a Guardian article. On an instagram post immediately after the Australian Open, Naomi thanked Bajin for being her 'hitting partner' during the fortnight. Apparently she didn't appreciate/ need his actual coaching any longer. This article also suggests she's a fast learner and it would definitely seem for whatever it's worth that Naomi did not feel he was adding to her game any longer and thus she had no further need for him. Also she thanked her manager in the same instagram post for being a 'part-time therapist' when needed, so clearly Bajin wasn't adding on that score, as far as she was concerned. There's not much sentimentality at the top.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/12/naomi-osaka-sascha-bajin-tennis-kevin-mitchell

__________________
LordBrownof


Futures level

Status: Offline
Posts: 1964
Date:
Permalink  

There's another theory/speculation which I'm more inclined to believe. A few journalists have noted that Sascha is sometimes a little inappropriate with what he reveals to the press and has gained a reputation for it. Given Naomi's meteoric rise, the family may have wanted to close ranks and ensure she's managed extremely carefully.

__________________
flamingowings


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 5404
Date:
Permalink  

Well, Bajin might not be "single" for very long if this is to be believed/happens: Olga Danilovic is talking with Bajin to become her new coach



-- Edited by flamingowings on Thursday 14th of February 2019 08:22:33 PM

__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Link Back -> Andrew Murray message board -> General tennis discussion -> Osaka Coach split
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard