3 h. ago ‘Disneyland on steroids’: What it’s like to be a tennis coach at Wimbledon

What is it like to be in the entourage of a player at Wimbledon each summer? Three coaches reveal their experiences of life at ‘the most special tournament in the world’

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58 h. ago Wimbledon star forced to borrow shorts from her coach after breaking strict rule

The All England Club has long had a strict dress code, and Wimbledon star Anna Kournikova famously fell foul of one of its rules

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3 d. ago Emma Raducanu leaves Wimbledon with boosted confidence – but also coach question

The 22-year-old is unsure whether she will be able to continue with Mark Petchey.

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5 d. ago Inside Emma Raducanu's inner circle: From the childhood tennis prodigy sparking romance rumours to her '11 out of 10' coach, the friends and support system in British No1's player box for statement

TAMARA PRENN AT WIMBLEDON: Inside Emma Raducanu's inner circle: From the childhood tennis prodigy sparking romance rumours to her '11 out of 10' coach

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1 week ago ‘It helped me be free’: Madison Keys on therapy, Donald Trump and her husband as coach

The Australian Open winner is ready for another tilt at Wimbledon after her injury heartbreak in last year’s tournamentBefore she won her first grand slam tournament at the Australian Open in January, Madison Keys had spent more than a year talking to a therapist about her life rather than just her tennis career. “When I’d gone to see sports psychologists in the past it had been a little tunnel-focused on routines and big moments on the court,” she says on a sleepy Sunday afternoon in London. “So being able to talk to someone about broader life philosophies helped me get to the root of why I was feeling that way instead of just being uber-focused on decisive moments in a match.”The 30-year-old American, who is ready for another tilt at Wimbledon, remembers some of the wayward suggestions that specialist sports psychiatrists would advise her to follow at crucial stages of a match. “It would be, like: ‘Make sure you look at your strings and do this specific thing and that’ll just help...

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1 week ago ‘It helped me be free’: Madison Keys on therapy, America and her husband as coach

The Australian Open winner is ready for another tilt at Wimbledon after her injury heartbreak in last year’s tournamentBefore she won her first grand slam tournament at the Australian Open in January, Madison Keys had spent more than a year talking to a therapist about her life rather than just her tennis career. “When I’d gone to see sports psychologists in the past it had been a little tunnel-focused on routines and big moments on the court,” she says on a sleepy Sunday afternoon in London. “So being able to talk to someone about broader life philosophies helped me get to the root of why I was feeling that way instead of just being uber-focused on decisive moments in a match.”The 30-year-old American, who is ready for another tilt at Wimbledon, remembers some of the wayward suggestions that specialist sports psychiatrists would advise her to follow at crucial stages of a match. Continue reading...

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