 "Naomi Osaka announces split with coach Wim Fissette")
Naomi Osaka has parted ways with Belgian coach Wim Fissette, the former World No. 1 said on Instagram on Friday.
“4 years, 2 Slams and a whole lot of memories,” Osaka wrote in a post to her Instagram stories. “Thanks Wim for being a great coach and an even greater person. Wishing you all the best.”
Fissette had two coaching stints Osaka, from 2019 through the summer of 2022 and again when they reunited last year as the Japanese player launched her return to the game after the birth of her daughter in July 2023.
Naomi Osaka announces split with coach Wim Fissette.
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) September 13, 2024
“4 years, 2 Slams and a whole lot of memories. Thanks Wim for being a great coach and an even greater person, wishing you all the best” ❤️ pic.twitter.com/pqd33FJR7s
Osaka won the 2020 US Open and 2021 Australian Open titles under his guidance, and reached the finals of the 2020 Cincinnati Open and the 2022 Miami Open.
But the four-time Grand Slam champion has struggled to put together wins since she returned to the WTA Tour at Brisbane in January.
Her US Open first round win over Jelena Ostapenko last month was her first in four years over a top-10 player — and she bowed out in the second round at Flushing Meadows to Karolina Muchova.
“It’s been a little difficult because obviously I can only gauge how I’m doing by results,” she said after falling to Muchova.
“I feel faster. I feel better, but I lost in the second round. So it’s a little rough,” added Osaka, who has fallen to World No. 75 and has reached just two quarter-finals in 16 tournaments since her comeback.
Osaka said she was trying to take a more mature attitude to her defeats, but admitted to some frustration.
“I feel like I’m working way harder than I’ve ever worked in my life, so it needs to turn into something,” she said.
“Well, it doesn’t need to, but I think it will.”
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