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profile players, become juries. Keys missed the first off to dedicate oneself full-
coaches.” two months of the season time to the coaching.”
Plenty of well-known male because of left wrist sur- Davenport has four chil-
players have transitioned gery; she’s now returning to dren and shares coaching
to part-time coaching — form as a powerful baselin- duties with Thomas Hogst-
Andre Agassi is the latest, er, similar to her coach. edt.
spending time working “Lindsay has been amaz- Currently, the men’s tour
with Novak Djokovic at the ing. She’s always helped provides child care, but the
French Open and Wimble- me in the big moments, just women’s tour does not.
don. Navratilova has as- because she’s been there WTA spokeswoman Heath-
sisted various players in and understands,” said er Bowler said in an email
the past. Other American Keys of the 1998 U.S. Open to The Associated Press that
players-turned-coaches winner. “So having her per- “child care is not a require-
include Zina Garrison and spective in what she did to ment” and the tour “does
Lori McNeil. handle those situations has not anticipate that this re-
Conchita Martinez, who been really beneficial.”I quirement will change.”
In this Feb. 8, 2014, file photo, United States’ Christina McHale,
right, talks with coach Mary Joe Fernandez during a break in a coaches women and men think it’s probably the clos- Fernandez said in the
Fed Cup world group tennis match against Italy’s Karin Knapp with the Spanish Fed Cup est I’ve ever been with a past, women hired male
in Cleveland. and Davis Cup teams, coach. I truly love just be- coaches because they got
Associated Press beamed from the box at ing around her.” “two-in-one” — a coach
Continued from Page 17 TV, the better.” Wimbledon after helping Chris Evert has an acad- and hitting partner with a
ESPN’s cameras frequently Mary Joe Fernandez, a for- Garbine Muguruza win emy in Boca Raton, Flori- faster-paced ball. These
showed the reactions of mer player, U.S. Fed Cup that title in July. da, that has trained many days, some top players
Davenport and Clijsters. coach and current ESPN A winner of 55 career titles young players, including have a team that includes
“You’ve got to see it to commentator, agreed that in 17 years on tour, the Keys and American Jenni- a coach, hitting partner,
be it,” former player Billie more exposure helps, “es- 41-year-old Davenport fer Brady. Both advanced fitness trainer, physiothera-
Jean King said. “The more pecially when a Lindsay knows the pressure players to the second week of the pist, statistician and family
coaches, the better. And or Martina (Navratilova) or face on and off the court U.S. Open. support.
the more girls that see it on (Amelie) Mauresmo, high- and how to deal with in- Clijsters, who won the U.S. Unlike the ATP, the WTA al-
Open in 2005 and 2009-10, lows on-court coaching
has assisted Belgian play- between sets of matches
ers Mertens, Kirsten Flipkens — although not at Grand
and Yanina Wickmayer by Slam tournaments. That
letting them practice at allowed viewers to listen
her academy in Bree. They in while current U.S. Fed
all have their own male Cup coach Kathy Rinaldi
coaches. But Clijsters is offered strategy and en-
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