Svetlana Kuznetsova has decided to start the year off with a new coach. Svetlana rehired Olga Morozova as her coach. Kuznetsova is currently training with Morozova in Dubai ready for the hot Australian summer. It will be very interesting to see if she is able to improve her performances from 2011, where she didnt do so well.

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World number one Caroline Wozniacki has finally hired a new coach to replace her father, Piotr. The Dane announced a couple of months ago that she and her father have decided no to work together on a coaching basis, but didn’t announce the name of her new coach since the announcement.

Her father Piotr accompanied his daughter to tournaments even after they agreed to split, but a Danish newspaper recently announced that her new coach will be Spain’s Ricardo Sanchez.

Wozniacki hasn’t had any luck at the Grand Slam events, and didn’t even reach the semis at the year-ending championships this year. The Spanish coach has stated that his goal will be to get the number one player up to her potential and win the Australian Open next month.

Hopefully Sanchez will be a good coaching match for her and will help her win at least one Slam to consolidate her top ranking in the women’s game. If she is to win a Grand Slam she shouldn’t play so many tournaments throughout the year and make wise choices as to where to play in order to get ready for a Grand Slam. I think Ricardo will help her realize her objectives as a player and maybe we will see an improvement in her game next year!

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Jelena Dokic has released a statement about her father being her new coach.

“I want to thank the Australian public for their incredible ongoing support and assure everyone that I remain Australian and will continue to play for Australia,” she said. “I would like to confirm media reports that I have reconciled with my father. My partner Tin Bikic and I have visited my father at his home to finally put an end to our disagreement. I initiated the meeting as I want to reunite my family and allow us all to get on with our lives and be happy. This has gone on too long. I am in a very positive and confident frame of mind in my life and I really wanted to do this because I believe it is the right thing to do both for me and for all of my family. My father was very receptive and I believe he has changed greatly. He understands that I am my own person who makes my own decisions.

“He is now accepting of Tin and I am very pleased we have been able to sort things out. This has been a very uplifting experience for me and for my family. I am very excited about the future. I plan to continue to work with my fantastic coach Louise Pleming with the ongoing support of Tennis Australia and am extremely thankful to both for their help. My next tour event will be in Linz, Austria.”

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It seems as though Jack Sock has changed his mind and rehired Mike Wolf as his coach. Sock split with Wolf prior to the US Open, but has been regretting the decision ever since.

Sock will play USTA Challengers in Sacramento and Tiburon, California in the next two weeks.

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It seems like the time of year when all of the top players on both tours split with their coaches.

The latest player is Melanie Oudin and she has split with her coach Brian DeVilliers and is now working with Tom Gullikson.

Im a big fan of Tom Gullikson so it will be interesting to see if he can get the best out of Melanie Oudin. Oudin is known for choking in big matches, so it will be tough work for Gullikson.

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Jelena Dokic has a new coach and you wouldnt believe who it is! Damir Dokic! Yes, Jelena has decided to have her estranged father coach her again.

Jelena, are you completely stupid? Yes… yes you are!

Dokic, who is there with her boyfriend Tin Bikic, has begun training with Damir, who was released from jail a few months ago, in Serbia.

“My partner, Tin Bikic, and I have visited my father at his home to finally put an end to our disagreement.”

“I initiated the meeting as I want to reunite my family and allow us all to get on with our lives and be happy. This has gone on too long,” Jelena said.

“I am in a very positive and confident frame of mind in my life and I really wanted to do this because I believe it is the right thing to do both for me and for all of my family.

“My father was very receptive and I believe he has changed greatly. He understands that I am my own person who makes my own decisions.”

Australian coach and analyst Darren Cahill wrote on Twitter: “My heart has always gone out to Jelena. If she’s happy, we’re all happy. But, this still feels awkward.”

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He has coached the former top player before on a private basis, but Kim isn’t expected to return to play until the next season due to injuries she has sustained this year.

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Stanislas Wawrinka has just announced that he has split with coach Peter Lundgren. Lundgren was previously the long term coach of Roger Federer and he has been able to keep Wawrinka in the top 20 for over 3 years now. However, Wawrinka hasnt really had the performed well in Grand Slams this year.

“He played a major role in my career and I am deeply grateful,” Wawrinka wrote. “We have had a lot of success and fun working together, I can’t thank him enough.”

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Currently ranked number one Carloine Wozniacki has decided to end her coaching relationship with her father Piotr after her recently poor form at two of the tournaments that make up the US Open Series, Toronto and Cincinnati.

They have discussed the option of going in another direction after her defeat at Wimbledon to Dominika Cibulkova, but the new coach had not yet come on board with Wozniacki so Piotr went to Toronto and Cincinnati with his daughter, as coach. During her recent loss to America’s rising star Christina McHale, Piotr was heard yelling at his daughter when he came on court to coach her. The identity of Caroline’s new coach is yet unknown but is said to be a former touring pro.

Wozniacki has been criticized for playing too defensively and many think that this issue is not helping her win her first Slam, so hopefully her new coach will guide her in a direction that will help her not only to win more matches at regular tournaments, but also make her mark on the Grand Slam scene. Her father has stated that he will support her no matter what and doesn’t hold any grudges regarding the split, only hoping for his daughter’s career to go to the next level.

Wozniacki’s next tournament will be next week in New Haven.

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Last week we reported that Coco Vandeweghe had split with coach Tom Gullikson. Now, it has been announced that her new coach is Jan-Michael Gambill. Gambill got to know Vandeweghe during the World Team Tennis and they are now going to work together through the US Open.

After that I wouldnt be surprised if Vandeweghe drops Gambill and finds yet another coach.

Stability is needed!

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