US Open: Serena Williams is staying privately - and trains with Stefanos Tsitsipas
Serena Williams is finally aiming for her 24th major title in New York City. Before that, the American competed in third place in the WTA Premier Mandatory tournament, which was relocated from Cincinnati.
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last edit: Aug 22, 2020, 06:55 am
Serena Williams is doing the same to Novak Djokovic - and foregoing a stay of more than three weeks at the Long Island Marriott Hotel. Instead, like Djokovic, Serena has rented privately, under the strict supervision of the USTA, of course. You just feel safer than in a hotel with several hundred players. She has health problems and doesn't want to get sick. As a prophylaxis, she had plenty of vitamins.
Almost a year ago, accommodation was the least of the worries for the 23-time Grand Slam winner, who had reached the final without any major problems. In order to succumb to the finesse and carefree of Bianca Andreescu. Again, nothing with setting Margaret Court's record, previously it had not worked out in the 2018 Wimbledon final against Angelique Kerber, a few weeks later at the US Open against Naomi Osaka and again in Wimbledon against Simona Halep.
Mixed training sessions in trend
Serena seems to have used the Corona break well, even if she was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Shelby Rogers at the WTA tournament in Lexington. Serena looks fit - and has completed a training session with Stefanos Tsitsipas through a small official channel . Patrick Mouratoglou, Serena's coach, is also part of the young Greek's supervisory staff.
Mixed training sessions seem to be the trend anyway. Not only with Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils , who, however, prefer to dangle and train on the Cote d´Azur. And skip the US Open. But Kristina Mladenovic and Tommy Paul have also recognized the charm of intersex training, as Eric Butorac noted as an attentive observer for posterity.
At the tune-up for the US Open, Serena is number three waiting for Allison van Uytwanck or a qualifier, could meet Johanna Konta in the quarter-finals and Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin in the semifinals. The American legend had problems especially in the named endgames. It's good that Serena was able to celebrate her first tournament win since 2017 in Auckland at the beginning of the year.