Maria Sharapova Has Named Jimmy Conners As Her New Coach

Russian second seed Maria
Sharapova has named eight-time
Grand Slam champion Jimmy
Connors as her new coach.
The 26-year-old announced on
Thursday that she’s split with coach
Thomas hogstedt.
“After almost three years of working
together, Thomas Hogstedt and I
decided to part ways,” Sharapova
said in a statement, announcing her
split with her former coach.
“I am very thankful for all his work,
and wish him much success in the
future.”
Sharapova worked with American
Conners in 2008, just before the
Australian Open.
“I am really excited about our new
partnership and looking forward to
the upcoming tournaments,” she
said.
Connors had previously coached
Andy Roddick, who he helped reach
the final of the US Open in 2006,
the semi-finals of the Australian
Open in 2007 and the quarter-finals
of both Wimbledon and the US Open
that year before they split in March
2008.
Jimmy conners.
“Excited to be working with four-time
Grand Slam champion Maria
Sharapova,” Connors said on Twitter
(@JimmyConnors). “Adding to that
number is the goal. Looking forward
to some fun and hard work!”
Connors won five US Open titles,
Wimbledon twice and the Australian
Open once as a player, topping the
world rankings from July 1974 to
August 1977.