Tennis News Weekly Roundup: Swiatek’s New Coach, Nick Kyrgios Eyes Grand Slam Wi
Every week in the tennis world, countless stories and news emerge that don’t always make headlines but are too intriguing to overlook. It can be on-court or off-court developments that go under the radar due to bigger storylines from the past week. This week’s edition features an important step regarding Iga Swiatek’s future alongside two other interesting news involving Nick Kyrgios and Holger Rune.
Holger Rune is working with a familiar coach, Lars Christensen, again. Rune said:
“I am happy to work with Lars again. We have known each other for many years and have developed our very own tennis language together. During the past month, I have trained a few times with Lars when I have been in Denmark, and it has, among other things, had a really good effect on my serve.”
Rune has made many changes to his coaching team in the last couple of years, and this is the latest in the story. On September 20, Rune announced that Iranian-German, Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh is joining as coach at the upcoming tournaments in Asia. But now, Rune states that he will be working with Lars Christensen again and that Kenneth Carlsen is still part of the team. Christensen worked with Rine from 2009-2022 and then for a small period as co-coach in 2023. He knows Rune the best and perhaps that stability is what the 21-year-old needs the most currently.
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