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Wozniacki fires coach Sanchez after 2 months
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Former top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has fired coach Ricardo Sanchez of Spain after just two months.
Wozniacki’s father Piotr told Wednesday’s edition of the Ekstra Bladet that his daughter didn’t get “new impulses” from working with Sanchez.
The Spaniard was hired in early December, only to see Wozniacki fall to defending champion Kim Clijsters in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and lose her No. 1 ranking. Wozniacki remains without a Grand Slam title and is now ranked fourth.
Piotr Wozniacki will not go back to coaching his daughter on his own.
Sanchez told the newspaper that he found it “impossible” to have a system with two coaches and that “Caroline only got confused.”
Djokovic to miss Davis Cup match vs. Sweden
Meantime, Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will not play in Serbia’s Davis Cup match against Sweden this month.
Serbia captain Bogdan Obradovic said he decided to let the top-ranked Djokovic rest after he beat Rafael Nadal in a grueling five-set final in Melbourne.
Obradovic told The Associated Press that “we want to spare Djokovic to help him remain the world’s No. 1 player and win gold at the Olympic Games in London.”
Obradovic says “I had difficultly to persuade Djokovic not to play against Sweden, but think we can beat them even without him.”
Serbia beat Sweden 4-1 in an away match last season.
Bogdanovic said the ninth-ranked Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki will lead Serbia in the Feb. 10-12 match in the Serbian city of Nis.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Former top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has fired coach Ricardo Sanchez of Spain after just two months.
Wozniacki’s father Piotr told Wednesday’s edition of the Ekstra Bladet that his daughter didn’t get “new impulses” from working with Sanchez.
The Spaniard was hired in early December, only to see Wozniacki fall to defending champion Kim Clijsters in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and lose her No. 1 ranking. Wozniacki remains without a Grand Slam title and is now ranked fourth.
Piotr Wozniacki will not go back to coaching his daughter on his own.
Sanchez told the newspaper that he found it “impossible” to have a system with two coaches and that “Caroline only got confused.”
Djokovic to miss Davis Cup match vs. Sweden
Meantime, Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will not play in Serbia’s Davis Cup match against Sweden this month.
Serbia captain Bogdan Obradovic said he decided to let the top-ranked Djokovic rest after he beat Rafael Nadal in a grueling five-set final in Melbourne.
Obradovic told The Associated Press that “we want to spare Djokovic to help him remain the world’s No. 1 player and win gold at the Olympic Games in London.”
Obradovic says “I had difficultly to persuade Djokovic not to play against Sweden, but think we can beat them even without him.”
Serbia beat Sweden 4-1 in an away match last season.
Bogdanovic said the ninth-ranked Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki will lead Serbia in the Feb. 10-12 match in the Serbian city of Nis.
