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ON YOUR

MARC

In a Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017
photo, Lyndsay Davenport,
lower right, who coaches
Madison Keys, of the United
States, acknowledges people
in the crowd who recognized
her, as she leaves Keys’
coaches and family box after
Keys defeated Tatjana Maria,
of Germany, in a match at the
U.S. Open tennis tournament
in New York.
Associated Press
Ace! Lindsay

Davenport
among female

coaches in

pro tennis

By MELISSA MURPHY
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsay
Davenport sat on the edge
of her seat in the coach-
ing box at Arthur Ashe
Stadium, watching her
player, 15th-seeded Madi-
son Keys, compete in the
U.S. Open. Davenport is a
former No. 1 and winner
of three Grand Slam sin-
gles titles who is among a
handful of female coach-
es in professional tennis.
Keys is one of three players
ranked in the WTA’s top 20
with a female coach, join-
ing French Open champi-
on Jelena Ostapenko and
20th-ranked Daria Gavr-
ilova. Kim Clijsters is an ex- Thomas and Leishman share third-round lead at Boston
ample of a former player
offering expertise during
Grand Slam tournaments:
The woman Keys beat in
the first round at Flushing
Meadows, Elise Mertens of Marc Leishman, of Australia, putts on the 16th hole during the third round of
Belgium, trains at Clijsters’ the Dell Technologies Championship golf tournament at TPC Boston in Norton,
academy. During Keys’ Mass., Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017.
victory over Mertens last
week, Associated Press
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