We’re Off to See The Tennis, The Wonderful Tennis of Oz
With exactly one week before the start of the 2015 tennis season, the world’s elite have been preparing for – and descending on – their various season-opening locales…
…And posting their travels on social media. These are their stories. -dun dun-
Eating ice cream after a bad breakup? So 2014. Ana Ivanovic and Angelique Kerber celebrated the start of their doubles partnership (for Brisbane, at least) with a Cold Stone date in Dubai.
One of the biggest stories of the off-season was the hiring of Martina Navratilova by World No. 6 – and reigning WTA Fan Favorite – Agnieszka Radwanska. Not only did Radwanska hit the courts with her new mentor over the holidays…
…but she also spent some time training with an old friend – Caroline Wozniacki.
Also on the coaching front, rumors were swirling earlier this week that rising American Taylor Townsend had hired Wim Fissette as her new coach. But she denied those reports, and is off to Australia with coaches Zina Garrison and Kamau Murray.
Elsewhere – in an apparently much colder part of the world – Aleksandra Krunic looked set to start next season in Shenzhen, China. The Serb is now ranked inside the Top 100 courtesy of a season-ending ITF title in Ankara, Turkey, and the follow-up to her Cinderella run in Flushing Meadows is a story to keep an eye on in 2015.
It seems as though Petra Kvitova doesn’t travel light.
Newlywed Mandy Minella looked pretty happy to be in Melbourne – a stopover on her journey to the ASB Classic in Auckland.
Minella married her coach, Tim Sommer, in October.
Andrea Hlavackova arrived in Auckland, and seemed to be much happier than…
…countrywoman Lucie Safarova , who hadn’t even left yet and was already missing home cooking.
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