tennisUpdated: Aug 26, 2020 11:57 ISTBriton Johanna Konta’s decision to appoint Thomas Hogstedt as her coach to replace Dimitri Zavialoff is a “weird choice” as the Swede can be difficult to work with, her former Fed Cup team mate Laura Robson has said. Hogstedt, who previously worked with Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka, is Konta’s fifth coach in four years. Konta has made a strong start under Hogstedt’s guidance and reached the quarter-finals of the Western and Southern Open as she prepares for next week’s U.S. Open. “He’s known to be quite difficult to work with to the point where I remember Sharapova would not go for dinner with him. I think she’s just basing that on what she knows about me, which is fair enough,” The Times quoted Konta as saying.

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2020 06:27 UTC